The Chilean armed forces will host Special Operations Command South-led exercise Southern Star 2025 throughout the country, bringing together conventional and special operations units from 10 countries from May 26 to June 8, 2025.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Johnathan Murphy, a rifleman with Weapons Company 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, lives a dual life. He is a Marine infantryman and a law student. Though both sides are very distinct, Murphy incorporates Marine Corps values into his whole life, as they have been instilled to him from a young age by his family. During his participation in U.S. Southern Command’s Exercise CENTAM Guardian 25 in Guatemala, Murphy reflected on his families’ legacy.“My grandfather was in 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, (which) fought at Inchon and at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir,” said Murphy. “My father is currently a criminal defense attorney, with his own law firm.”Murphy shared a deep bond with his grandfather, Sgt. Richard Murphy,
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U.S. cyber forces participated in cyberspace operations in Brazil during SOUTHERN DEFENDER 25, a multinational cyber defense operation held from April 26 to May 8.U.S. cyber operators trained side-by-side with Brazil’s Cyber Defense Command, marking the first time U.S. cyber operations, as part of a formal exercise, have taken place on Brazilian soil.The exercise, led by U.S. Southern Command, brought together more than 300 participants from 20 countries, hosted in 15 locations. Training occurred simultaneously across four geographic combatant commands and included U.S. forces from Marine Corps Reserve units and multiple state National Guards, alongside Allied and partner militaries from South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and
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U.S. cyber forces participated in cyberspace operations in Brazil during SOUTHERN DEFENDER 25, a multinational cyber defense operation held from April 26 to May 8.
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Sailors from U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet (NAVSOUTH/FOURTHFLT) and Marines from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH) are serving together on the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) staff during Exercise Integrated Advance 2025. Sponsored by U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), Integrated Advance 2025 is a computer-aided exercise that allows participants to work through a contingency scenario in the USSOUTHCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR) to validate warfighting functions, resolve friction points and clarify phase transitions at the operational level of war.
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U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South and the Brazilian Naval Infantry (CFN) commenced Exercise Formosa today, a major Brazilian military exercise with U.S. participation aimed at enhancing the bilateral training partnership between the United States Marine Corps and Brazil and strengthening regional security.Exercise Formosa will involve a series of joint training activities designed to improve interoperability, readiness, and mutual understanding between U.S. and Brazilian forces, including the Brazilian air force and army. This year’s exercise focuses on training CFN’s rapid reaction force, verify expeditionary capabilities, and coordinated fires of all their weapons. The exercise includes more than 2,500 participants.The exercise will begin
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U.S. Marine Corps forces joined with 24 other nations to commence UNITAS LXV, the 65th iteration of the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise here on Sept. 2, 2024. UNITAS is an annual exercise conducted in either the Atlantic or Pacific waters around Central America and South America. UNITAS brings like-minded Allies and partners from around the world to strengthen relationships, enhance interoperability and facilitate collective defense and global security.
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PANAMAX is a multinational exercise sponsored by U.S. Southern Command that emphasizes military training and collaboration among partner nation militaries in the Western Hemisphere. This year’s scenario simulated security and stability operations to ensure the uninterrupted flow of commerce through the Panama Canal. The focus of PANAMAX 2024 was to respond to a request for assistance from the Panamanian government to protect safe passage through the canal, uphold its neutrality and respect national sovereignty.
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U.S. Marines with Littoral Craft Company Charlie, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, graduated from the Colombian Fluvial Operations Course, at Centro Internacional Excelencia Avanzado Fluvial (CIEF), Aug. 2, 2024.
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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 counter-threat capabilities between the United States and participating Central American partner nations and is a SOUTHCOM-sponsored and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-approved exercise, that is nested under JS-Large Scale Global Exercise 2024.
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