Solidarex 2023 in Colombia ENG

Admiral Francisco Hernando Cubides, commander of the Colombian Navy, speaks at a press conference during Multinational Operation Solidarex 2023 at the Marines Training School in Coveñas, Colombia, July 9, 2023. Twelve ships from eight countries participated in the humanitarian assistance exercise designed to train a multinational task force to respond to large-scale emergencies. This was the largest exercise of this kind in the Caribbean. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Juan Carpanzano)

U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Guillermo Rosales, commander of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIV, meets with partner nation leaders at the opening ceremony of Multinational Operation Solidarex 2023 at the Marines Training School in Coveñas, Colombia, July 9, 2023. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Juan Carpanzano)

Colombian Navy Ship Victoria participated in the Solidarex 2023 drill, a humanitarian assistance exercise that saw the formation of a Multinational Task Force for natural disaster response, which brought together eight countries on the Colombian coast, on July 10, 2023. (Photo: Voice of America)

Some 2,000 men and women from the naval forces of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panamaa, Peru, Spain, and the United States participated in a natural disaster drill in Colombia, July 10, 2023. (Photo: Voice of America)

U.S. Navy sailors from Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIV, conduct Multinational Operation Solidarex 2023 at the Marines Training School in Coveñas, Colombia, July 9, 2023. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Juan Carpanzano)

U.S. Navy sailors from Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIV, pose alongside members of eight partner nations for a group photo during the opening ceremony of exercise SOLIDAREX, at the Marines Training School in Coveñas, Colombia, July 9, 2023. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Juan Carpanzano)

Partner nations pose for a photo during Multinational Operation Solidarex 2023 at the Marines Training School in Coveñas, Colombia, July 9, 2023. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Juan Carpanzano)