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UNITAS 2025

UNITAS 2025
Marine Corps Forces South
United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
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UNITAS, which is Latin for unity, united, or oneness, was conceived in 1959 when representatives at the first Inter-American Naval Conference in Panama agreed to conduct an annual maritime exercise with one another. The first UNITAS took place in 1960 with forces from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, the United States, and Venezuela. This year marks the 66th iteration of the world’s longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise.

UNITAS 2025 VIDEO GALLERY
UNITAS 2025: Different Uniforms, One Team
U.S. Marines, Sailors trained alongside allies and partner-nation marines and naval infantry during exercise UNITAS 2025 at Camp Lejeune, Sept. 12–Oct. 6, 2025. Events included visit, board, search and seizure, live-fire ranges, amphibious ship-to-shore movement, urban operations and water survival to enhance interoperability, maritime domain awareness and regional security. This year marks the 66th iteration of the world’s longest running annual multinational maritime exercise since since it was conceived in 1959. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Samuel Qin) The video contains music from a USMC licensed asset from AdobeStock. Public-domain scores sourced via the International Music Score Library Project.
UNITAS 2025 SIMULCAS Interviews
U.S. Marines and Infanteria de Marina (Spanish Marines) participate in an interview for exercise UNITAS 2025 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 17, 2025. UNITAS, which is Latin for “unity,” was conceived in 1959 and has taken place annually since first conducted in 1960. This year marks the 66th iteration of the world’s longest running annual multinational maritime exercise. The exercise trains forces in joint maritime operations that enhance tactical proficiency and increase interoperability with the presence of unmanned air, surface and submarine systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Eduardo Delatorre)
UNITAS LXVI: Marines Train with Allies and partners teaser
The U.S., allies and partner nation forces will be participating in exercise UNITAS LXVI, along the eastern coast of the United States, 10 Sept., 2025. UNITAS, which is Latin for “unity,” was conceived in 1959 and has taken place annually since first conducted in 1960. This year marks the 66th iteration of the world’s longest running annual multinational maritime exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Gabriel Durand) By License - This video contains audio from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: "Tense Serious Drama" - by TastyTunes" / https://stock.adobe.com/
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UNITAS 2017: Marines deliver aid to Huarmey
Senior leaders of the Peruvian Naval Infantry, officials of the town of Huarmey, and U.S. Marine Col. Paul Konopke, the commanding officer of 23rd Marine Regiment, stand behind donated items during a community relations event in Huarmey, Peru, as part of UNITAS 2017, July 24, 2017. Much of Huarmey had been damaged by recent flooding, and Marines delivered more than 100 pallets of donated items from Project Handclasp for the city's hospital and schools. Project Handclasp is a U.S. Navy program that delivers humanitarian and educational materials donated by U.S. citizens. UNITAS is an annual, multinational exercise that focuses on strengthening existing regional partnerships and encourages establishing new relationships through the exchange of maritime mission-focused knowledge and expertise during multinational training operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Marco Valenzuela)
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Tags: Marines, Schools, Mayor, mexico, aid, Colombia, marforsouth, Peru, COMREL, unitas, Community Relations, hospital, Paraguay, UNITAS 2017, UNITAS 17, Huarmey
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