Captain Daniel F. Burns, a ground intelligence officer for 2nd Bn., 6th Marines, Capt. Kelby Breivogel, an information officer with 2nd Bn., 6th Marines, and Capt. Stephen Castillo, a French officer embedding with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, talk over future plans for the unit’s international exercise, Bold Alligator, during an award ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Oct. 20, 2014. “We will accept them into the battalion, they’ll partner with us, they’ll go on missions with us, and they’ll observe our staff planning. We’re really going to work hard to integrate them into all of our planning exercises,” said Lt. Col. James Lively, the commanding officer for 2nd Bn., 6th Marines.