Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

U.S. Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South assist with preparing to launch a rigid-hulled inflatable boat aboard the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) Nov. 27, 2020. Gabrielle Giffords is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The Marines embarked aboard the Gabrielle Giffords for a three-week assessment to support naval integration and interoperability between the U.S. Marine Corps with the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Camila Melendez)