RIO DE JANEIRO (Sept. 6, 2022) Navy Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, commander of Naval Forces Southern 4th Fleet, from Pittsburgh, and Cmdr. Christopher Turmel, commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, pause for a photo aboard the ship during UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 6, 2022. UNITAS is the world’s longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Brazil, it brings together multinational forces from Belize, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexic
RIO DE JANEIRO (Sept. 6, 2022) Navy Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, commander of Naval Forces Southern 4th Fleet, from Pittsburgh, and Cmdr. Christopher Turmel, commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, pause for a photo aboard the ship during UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 6, 2022. UNITAS is the world’s longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Brazil, it brings together multinational forces from Belize, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States conducting operations in and off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating naval and marine forces.
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