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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
U.S. Marine Corps Commandant meets with Partner Nation Marine Corps leaders in New Orleans
Partner Nation Marine Corps leaders from Brazil, Chile and Colombia pose for a photo with U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric M. Smith and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Reserve leadership at the Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Louisiana, March 21, 2024. From left to right: Sgt. Maj. Edwin A. Mota, senior enlisted leader of MARFORSOUTH and MARFORRES; Contra-almirante fuzileiro naval (Brazilian Marine Corps Rear Admiral) Marcelo Reis Da Silva, Naval Operations Command; Comandante-Geral do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais Almirante (Brazilian Marine Corps Commandant Admiral) Carlos Chagas Vianna Braga; Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, incoming MARFORSOUTH and MARFORRES commander; U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric M. Smith; Gen. David G. Bellon, outgoing MARFORSOUTH and MARFORRES commander; Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlos A. Ruiz; Brig. Gen. Adolfo Enrique Hernandez Ruiz, Comandante de la Fuerza Naval del Oriente (Colombian Commander of Naval Force East); Comandante General Del Cuerpo de Infanteria Marina (Chilean Marine Corps Commandant) Rear Adm. Jorge Keitel Villagran; and Sargento Mayor de Commando (Colombian Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps) Alexander Torres Ruis. The partner nation military leaders visited to discuss shared commitment to security and prosperity in the western hemisphere with outgoing MARFORSOUTH and MARFORRES Commander Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, incoming commander Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV and Gen. Eric M. Smith. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel)
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