Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

A UH-1N Huey helicopter aircrew takes off from the flight line at Santa Elena, Petén 'Base Aérea del Sur', (Air Force Base South). Four UH-1N Huey helicopter crews form HMLA 467 are part of Detachment Martillo of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South and are participating in Operation Martillo. The detachment conducted a Mission Rehearsal Exercise prior to operations beginning in Guatemala. Operation Martillo is an operation led by Joint-Interagency Task Force-South, of the U.S. Southern Command, and is designed to help stem the flow of narcotics through Central America and its Pacific and Caribbean coasts by denying transnational criminal organizations littorals used for illicit trafficking. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo//Released)