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            <div class="image-caption">Senior leaders, service-members, civilians and Soldiers from U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Army South, Joint U.S. Services and Partner Nation Militaries including Brazil, Colombia, and Chile among others, gathered at JBSA-Ft. Sam Houston, July 27, for a Rehearsal of Concept drill in preparation for PANAMAX 2018. PANAMAX begins next week and is a U.S. Southern Command sponsored, U.S. Army South led joint multi-national military training exercise in defense of the Panama Canal. Over 20 partner nations militaries and defense forces will participate in this joint exercise - one of the largest in the western hemisphere. (Photos by U.S. Army South Public Affairs)</div>
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    <div> <span class="date">/ Published July 30, 2018</span></div>
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<p><strong>MIAMI –</strong> Participants from 20 nations will take part in exercise Panamax 2018 at various U.S. locations July 30-Aug. 10, 2018.</p>
<p><span>The goal of Panamax is to provide participating forces an opportunity to conduct security and stability operations, practice interoperability, and strengthen their ability to plan and execute complex multinational operations.</span></p>
<p>Panamax, an annual multinational exercise, develops and sustains relationships that allow partner-nation security forces in the region to achieve common goals, increase cooperation, and improve understanding.</p>
<p>This U.S.-sponsored exercise includes participants from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This year, representatives from Poland, Spain, and Thailand will also join the exercise as observers.</p>
<p>Consistent with the ever-increasing collaborative partnership between defense and public-security forces in the region, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and the United States will share leadership roles within the multinational forces simulated as part of this year’s exercise.</p>
<p>This year, the U.S. will host Panamax from the headquarters of U.S. Southern Command in Miami, Fla.; Homestead Air Force Reserve Base, Fla.; Naval Station Mayport, Fla.; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.</p>
<p>For more information about Panamax 2018, visit the SOUTHCOM website at http://www.southcom.mil/ or contact Mr. Jose Ruiz, U.S. Southern Command’s Media Relations Officer, at 305-437-1205 or jose.a.ruiz9.civ@mail.mil.</p><br />
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