U.S. Marine Corps Forces South

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The Marine Corps education establishment is exploring options to increase and enhance the effectiveness of enlisted reserve PME. An OPT was conducted, and the subsequent COAs were developed. Your participation in this survey is extremely valuable and will be used to support a brief to the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.

U.S. and Honduran Marines Integrate During CENTAM Guardian 24

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, based out of Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, traveled to Honduras to participate in exercise CENTAM Guardian 24, April 2 - 15. CG24, an annual, multinational exercise, is designed to strengthen interoperability, domain awareness, information sharing, and...

Infantería de Marina de Armada Paraguay hosts U.S. Marines for planning conference

Col. Jason A. Borovies (center), operations director with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, signs the traditional guest book for the Armada Paraguaya with Contra-almirante (Paraguayan rear admiral) Albino Bogarin Flor (left), commander of the Comando de Infantería de Marina de Armada Paraguaya (Paraguayan Marine Infantry), and Capitán de navío...

CURRENT CRISIS RESPONSE OPERATION

U.S. Marine Corps Forces South is currently seeking 18 Reserve SNCO and Officer volunteers who meet the requirements (rank can be one up, one down) to take a minimum of 181 day active-duty orders to MARFORSOUTH located in New Orleans in support of current crisis response planning and operations.

U.S. Marine Corps Commandant meets with Partner Nation Marine Corps leaders in New Orleans

Partner Nation Marine Corps leaders from Brazil, Chile and Colombia pose for a photo with U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric M. Smith and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Reserve leadership at the Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Louisiana, March 21, 2024. From left to right: Sgt. Maj. Edwin A. Mota,...

Under Secretary Bonnie Jenkins Visits Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South Headquarters in New Orleans

Leaders from the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Reserve and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South pose for a photo outside the command deck at Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 22, 2024. From left to right: Sgt. Maj. Edwin A. Mota, Force Sgt. Maj. of MARFORRES and MARFORSOUTH; Mr. Walter Reid, AUKUS...

BRAZILIAN MARINE CORPS HOSTS U.S. MARINE CORPS FORCES, SOUTH, IN RIO DE JANEIRO FOR 2023 OPERATIONAL NAVAL INFANTRY COMMITTEE

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Omar J. Randall (center left), deputy commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Reserve, and Contra-almirante fuzileiro naval (Brazilian Marine Corps brigadier general) Roberto Lemos (center right), and Members of the Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais (Brazilian Marine Corps), discuss planning...

U.S. and Chilean Marine Corps sign Security, Cooperation, and Engagement Plan

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Victor Pastor, chief of staff, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, (right) and Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina de Chile Capitan de Navio (Chilean Marine Corps colonel) Enrique Aguilera (left) sign an agreement at The National World War II Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 8, 2023. During the working group, leadership...

Brazilian Marine Corps Vice Admiral Pedro Luiz Gueros Taulois visits U.S. Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, Louisiana

U.S. Marines Participate in Brazilian Marine Corps Exercise Formosa

U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, exit a Brazilian Amphibious Armored Vehicle for a frontal assault, Aug. 5, 2023, in Formosa, Brazil, during the Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais’ annual Infantry Training Exercise Formosa. Exercise Formosa offers a platform for the armed forces of multiple nations to enhance their...

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Video by Cpl. Colton Garrett

UNITAS 2022: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773 - ACE CO Interview (Medium)

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South

Sept. 13, 2022 | 5:46

U.S. Marine Corps Lt Col. William Woodward, commanding officer of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, gives an interview at São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil, Sept. 13, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)