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Marines


UNITAS LXIV
MFR SEAL - FLAT - 2022
MARFORRES / MARFORSOUTH
Cartagena, Colombia

ABOUT

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.

 

Media Contact Information

Name:  Major Jeremy A. Wheeler
Address:  2000 Opelousas Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone:  (504) 914-9213
eMail:  jeremy.wheeler@usmc.mil

PRESS RELEASES / ARTICLES

United in Purpose | 20 Nations Kick Off UNITAS LXIV in Colombia
UNITAS LXIV is officially underway. The opening ceremony of the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise formally launched this year’s iteration on July 12, 2023. Twenty nations are...



PHOTO GALLERY
UNITAS 2023: Medical care
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kiana Hamilton with Combat Logistics Battalion 8 (CLB-8), Combat Logistics Regiment 2 (CLR-2), 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG), poses for a portrait, during an advanced technical medical course for UNITAS LXIV aboard Escuela de Formación de Infantería Marina Coveñas in Coveñas, Colombia, July 13, 2023. UNITAS, taking place in 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 photo by Lance Cpl. Mary Kohlmann)

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