UNITAS 2021: Marine Helicopter Aids in Beach Assault [Image 4 of 18]

SALINAS, PERU

09.30.2021

Photo by Lance Cpl. Elias Pimentel 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - UNITAS secure members of the Fuerzas Armadas del Peru (Peruvian Armed Forces) into a UH-1Y Venom helicopter before being transported during UNITAS LXII in Salinas, 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 19:07
• Photo ID: 6869351
• VIRIN: 210930-M-IC059-1088
• Resolution: 4460x2973
• Size: 7.68 MB
• Location: SALINAS, PE