UNITAS LXIV

MARFORRES / MARFORSOUTH

Cartagena, Colombia

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UNITAS, which is Latin for unity, celebrates its 64th anniversary in 2023, and serves as the longest-running multinational maritime exercise in the world.

From 11-21 July 2023, USNAVSO, MARFORSOUTH, MARFORRES, and SOCSOUTH, alongside 20 partnered nations, will conduct multi-domain maritime operations in support of UNITAS LXIV in the vicinity of Cartagena, Coveñas & Barranquilla, Colombia.

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Video by Sgt. Colton Garrett

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UNITAS LXIV

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South
July 28, 2023 | 2:39

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Forces UNITAS, and partnered and allied nations conduct multilateral training during UNITAS LXIV in Colombia, July 11 - 21, 2023. UNITAS, hosted by Colombia 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. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Colton K. Garrett)

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Gunnery Sgt. Louis Nokes awarded the Purple Heart

Gunnery Sgt. Louis M. Nokes is awarded the Purple Heart at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Dec. 5, 2022. In 2005, then Sgt. Nokes' Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) was struck by an improvised explosive device while conducting a convoy operation in Ramadi, Iraq. Nokes' was knocked unconscious and was pulled from the burning MTVR receiving a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Nokes began the process to receive his Purple Heart retroactively after MARADMIN 245/11 was published updating the Marine Corps' criteria on the Purple Heart award including TBIs. The Purple Heart Medal is the United States' oldest military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded in the service of this country. Nokes is a native of Carrollton, Mississippi and attended high school at Carroll Academy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay)

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