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Sept. 9, 2022

 U.S. Secretary of the Navy Kicks Off UNITAS LXIII in Rio De Janeiro 

                    RIO DE JANEIRO —                                                RIO DE JANEIRO - More than 5,500 military personnel from 20 partner nations kicked off UNITAS LXIII (63) during an opening ceremony Sept. 8, 2022.            

Sept. 1, 2022

 U.S. Maritime Forces Arrive for UNITAS LXIII hosted by Brazil 

                    RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil —                                                RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Navy and Marine forces are set to arrive in Rio de Janeiro in support of UNITAS LXIII, the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise scheduled to take place Sept. 8-22.            

Aug. 4, 2022

 Exercise PANAMAX 2022 Kicks Off in Mayport, Florida 

                    MAYPORT, Fla. —                                                MAYPORT, Fla. - U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet is hosting the Combined Force Maritime Component Command (CFMCC) Staff participating in exercise PANAMAX 2022, in Mayport, Fla., Aug. 1-12, 2022.            

Aug. 1, 2022

 U.S. 4th Fleet Announces USNS Comfort Deployment 

                                The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations this fall as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 mission.            

June 6, 2022

 U.S. 4th Fleet Conducts Maritime Staff Talks with Peru 

                    ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. —                                                Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, hosted delegates from the Peruvian navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru) for the 28th annual Maritime Staff Talks (MST), at St. Francis Barracks, Florida National Guard Headquarters in St. Augustine, June 1-3, 2022.            

May 7, 2022

 Wichita Conducts Maritime Interdiction Exercise with Dominican Republic 

                    CARIBBEAN SEA —                                                CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) and the Dominican Republic navy conducted a bilateral maritime interdiction exercise off the coast of Santo Domingo, May 5, 2022.            

May 2, 2022

 4th Fleet Helps Promote Enlisted Leader Development to Partner Nations 

                    UNITED STATES —                                                U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet is making strides with their ongoing initiative of enlisted leader development (ELD) to partner nations in the 4th Fleet area of responsibility.            

April 29, 2022

 U.S. 4th Fleet and USNS Burlington Conduct Fleet Experimentation in Key West 

                    ATLANTIC OCEAN —                                                ATLANTIC OCEAN - The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10) completed U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet 2022 Fleet Experimentation events in Key West, Fla. April 22-27, 2022.            

March 23, 2022

 U.S. and Ecuador Strengthen Ties on Land and at Sea 

                    EQUADOR —                                                EQUADOR - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) and the Ecuadorian Coast Guard conducted a bilateral maritime interdiction exercise off the coast of Manta, Ecuador, March 21, 2022.            

Feb. 11, 2022

 Milwaukee Conducts Bilateral Maritime Exercise with Jamaica Defence Force 

                    CARIBBEAN SEA —                                                CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) and Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel HMJS Alexander Bustamante conducted a bilateral maritime exercise in the Caribbean Sea, Feb. 9, 2022.            

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