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            <div class="image-caption">Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines and civilians from seven Caribbean and South American nations and the U.S. attended a PANAMAX 2022 Planning in Crisis briefing in San Antonio June 6, 2022. PANAMAX 2022 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, multinational annual exercise scheduled for Aug. 1-12, 2022, with the purpose of strengthening partnerships, enhancing readiness and improving interoperability between U.S. Armed Forces and partner nations. This planning event served as an opportunity to build upon the combined capabilities of planning and executing complex operations during the upcoming exercise.</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Army and Colombian army Soldiers and civilians attended a PANAMAX 2022 Planning in Crisis briefing in San Antonio June 6, 2022. PANAMAX 2022 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, multinational annual exercise scheduled for Aug. 1-12, 2022, with the purpose of strengthening partnerships, enhancing readiness and improving interoperability between U.S. Armed Forces and partner nations. This planning event served as an opportunity to build upon the combined capabilities of planning and executing complex operations during the upcoming exercise.</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">Chilean army Maj. Gen. Ricardo Stangher (left), deputy commanding general of multnational forces for PANAMAX 2022 and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Thigpen (right), U.S. Army South commanding general and commanding general of multinational forces for PANAMAX 2022, along with Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines and civilians from seven Caribbean and South American nations and the U.S. attend a PANAMAX 2022 Planning in Crisis briefing in San Antonio, Texas, June 9, 2022. PANAMAX 2022 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, multinational annual exercise scheduled for Aug. 1-12, 2022, with the purpose of strengthening partnerships, enhancing readiness and improving interoperability between U.S. Armed Forces and partner nations. This planning event served as an opportunity to build upon the combined capabilities of planning and executing complex operations during the upcoming exercise.</div>
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    <div><b>By Spc. Joshua Taeckens</b> <span class="date">/ Published June 14, 2022</span></div>
    <span class="dateline-text">SAN ANTONIO, Texas, </span>
    <p>U.S. Army South hosted component planners and military representatives from seven Caribbean and South American countries for PANAMAX 2022 Planning in Crisis training in San Antonio from June 6-10, 2022.</p>

<p>PANAMAX 2022 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, multinational annual exercise scheduled for Aug. 1-12, 2022, with a purpose of strengthening partnerships, enhancing readiness and improving interoperability between U.S. Armed Forces and partner nations. This planning event served as an opportunity to build upon the combined capabilities of planning and executing complex operations during the upcoming exercise.</p>

<p>“One of our number one priorities is always partnership,” said Maj. Gen. William Thigpen, U.S. Army South commanding general and PANAMAX 2022 commanding general of multinational forces. “Although we come from different countries, different services and we speak different languages we’ve got to develop a very common framework and sight picture on how we see our planning process.”</p>

<p>Chilean Army Logistics Division Commander and Deputy Commanding General of Multinational Forces for PANAMAX 2022, Maj. Gen. Ricardo Stangher, said the Planning in Crisis training is an opportunity for all of the military branches of partner nation forces to practice the planning process and procedures together as well as share common doctrine.</p>

<p>“During this exercise, we have been able to engage with partner nations and their staff to exchange views and establish professional bonds which will carry forward in a future scenario that will require a multinational response,” Stangher said. “Training together in this PIC exercise brings us closer to having a greater certainty regarding the efficiency of the joint planning procedures that could eventually be applied in a situation that affects regional security.”</p>
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