UNITAS 2021: Marine Helicopter Aids in Beach Assault [Image 1 of 18]

LIMA, PERU

09.30.2021

Photo by Lance Cpl. Elias Pimentel 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Eric L. Taylor, a UH-1Y Venom helicopter pilot with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - UNITAS, inspects a UH-1Y Venom helicopter before flight during UNITAS LXII in Lima, Peru, Sept. 30, 2021. 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 photo by Lance Cpl. Elias E. Pimentel III)

• Date Taken: 09.30.2021
• Date Posted: 10.01.2021 19:06
• Photo ID: 6869343
• VIRIN: 210930-M-IC059-1008
• Resolution: 3877x2585
• Size: 3.67 MB
• Location: LIMA, PE
• Hometown: BURTONSVILLE, MD, US