Personnel from Panama and Colombia assigned to the Combined Forces Land Component Command, San Antonio Texas, work on a computer simulated scenario during Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX 2011 on Aug. 19, 2011. PANAMAX is a multinational exercise that brings together sea, air and land forces in a joint and combined operation focused on defending the Panama Canal. This year, 16 nations from the Americas are participating in an effort to provide interoperability training for the participating multinational staffs and build participating nation capability to plan and execute complex multinational operations.