Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

A U.S. Marine with 4th Platoon, Charlie Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division spends July 4, 2010, repairing the transmission of an amphibious assault vehicle on a beach in Ancon, Peru. The Marines were embarked aboard transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in support of Partnership of the Americas 2010 (POA-10) and Southern Exchange 2010 (SE-10), two separate U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH) exercises being executed concurrently with partner nation forces from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.