Marines

Unit HomeNews & PhotosOperations and Exercises2024UNITAS

UNITAS 2024

UNITAS 2024 - Exercise Logo
Marine Corps Forces Reserve and Marine Corps Forces South
Chile

 


About

UNITAS, the world’s longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise, is dedicated to strengthening regional partnerships and fostering new relationships through the exchange of maritime expertise; enabling participating forces to conduct joint maritime operations, including littoral warfare, multi-domain operations, sea basing, and amphibious operations. By focusing on complex operational environments and Expeditionary Advance Base Operations (EABO), UNITAS enhances interoperability and capability among naval and marine forces globally.

   
UNITAS LXV
Allied and partnered nations conduct multilateral training during UNITAS LXV in Chile, Sept. 2 - 12, 2024. UNITAS, hosted by Chile this year, 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. UNITAS, which is Latin for “unity,” was conceived in 1959 and has taken place annually since first conducted in 1960. This year marks the 65th iteration of the world’s longest running annual multinational maritime exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Madisyn Paschal) The music within the following video production is copyright material used under license with HookSounds contract dated Dec. 1, 2023.
Amphibious Raid: UNITAS 2024
U.S. Marines and marines from Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Peru, conduct an amphibious raid during UNITAS 2024.

UNITAS 2024 ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES

U.S. Marines launch UNITAS LXV in Chile with 24 Nations
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 (continued...)


UNITAS 2024 - PHOTO GALLERY
180712-M-ZP794-1005
Chilean Navy Capt. Jorge Keitel, a special advisor to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, speaks with Colombian Naval Infantry Lt. Col. Erick Del Rio, the deputy commander of SPMAGTF-SC, in Flores, Guatemala, July 12, 2018. Keitel joins Del Rio as the first partner nation officers to ever be a part of the SPMAGTF-SC staff; the first step in making a multinational amphibious task force capable of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the region. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC are conducting security cooperation training and engineering projects alongside partner nation military forces in Central and South America. The unit is also on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the event of a hurricane or other emergency in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin M. Smith)
Download Image: Full Size (1.7 MB)
Tags: marforsouth
Photo by: Sgt. Justin Smith |  VIRIN: 180712-M-ZP794-1005.JPG
Photo Gallery
 
Translate this page