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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
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U.S. Marine Maj. Matthew Mallalieu, the communication strategy and operations officer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, is given water by Mayor de Infantería de Marina Colombiano (Colombian Marine Maj.) Edgar Hernando Jaimes Gomez in Coveñas, Colombia, Oct. 2, 2019. A light weight water purification system was used to show members of the media the capability to turn salt water into potable water during a disaster relief situation. U.S. and Colombian Marines have begun a weeklong humanitarian assistance and disaster relief rehearsal in Coveñas, which is on Colombia's Caribbean coast. The exercise will test and strengthen the interoperability and responsiveness between these countries, preparing for real-world disaster scenarios in the region. The task force are conducting training and engineering projects hand-in-hand with partner nation military members in Latin America and the Caribbean during their deployment to the region, which coincides with hurricane season. Mallalieu is a native of Flowery Branch, Georgia. Jaimes is a native of Barichara, Colombia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stanley Moy)
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Tags: MarForRes, HADR, Colombia, marforsouth, USSouthcom, Interoperability, Partnership, Enduring Promise, SPMAGTFSC
Photo by: Sgt. Stanley Moy |  VIRIN: 191002-M-BG142-085.JPG
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