U.S. Navy Seaman Anthony Newkirk, assigned to Beach Master Unit 2, directs a landing craft air cushion during Bold Alligator 2012 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Feb. 2, 2012. Bold Alligator is a joint and multinational amphibious assault exercise involving several foreign militaries and the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, designed to execute brigade-sized amphibious assaults against low-to-medium land and maritime threats to improve amphibious core competencies.