October 2, 2021 - U.S. Marines with
Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - UNITAS and
partner nations participate in a Peruvian led amphibious
landing as part of UNITAS LXII in Salinas, Peru. UNITAS is
the world's longest-running maritime exercise.
Hosted this year by Peru, it brings
together multinational forces from twenty countries and
includes 29 ships, four submarines, and twenty aircraft
conducting operations off the coast of Lima and in the
jungles of Iquitos. The exercise trains forces to conduct
joint maritime operations and focuses on strengthening
partnerships and increasing interoperability and capability
between participating naval and marine forces.
U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Camila Melendez Lance Cpl. Gabriel Antwiler
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