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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/
UNITAS 2025 - 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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