Since its inception in 2003, PANAMAX has turn out to be the one of many largest coalition Command Publish workouts on the planet. The train is concentrated on guaranteeing the protection of the Panama Canal, one of the crucial strategically and economically essential items of world infrastructure that gives routes for worldwide commerce and navy transport.
Greater than 1,500 U.S. and almost 500 complete navy personnel from the U.S. Armed Forces and 19 associate nations together with: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay participated on this yr’s PANAMAX.
In Mayport, USNAVSO/4th Fleet hosted over 240 U.S. and associate nation personnel comprising the Mixed Maritime Part Command (CFMCC) through the coaching train.
PANAMAX 2022 maritime element was led by Argentine Rear Adm. Marcelo Fernandez, who served because the CFMCC commander, and Rear Adm. Doug Sasse who served as his deputy commander.
“I need to say thanks to everybody for collaborating”, stated Fernandez. “Thanks to our hosts, USNAVSO/4th Fleet, for offering this chance. We’ve got all realized from one another and improved our interoperability throughout this train. PANAMAX was a real success in displaying our engagement and capabilities in offering stability and security to our area of the world.”
U.S. forces collaborating on this yr’s train embody employees parts from U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Army South, U.S. Marine Forces South, Particular Operations Command South, twelfth Air Pressure (Air Forces Southern), and USNAVSO/4th Fleet.
“It’s been an excellent privilege to host our associate nation allies these previous two weeks,” Rear Adm. Doug Sasse, Reserve Vice Commander, USNAVSO/4th Fleet. “We’ve got practiced working collectively and have constructed friendships amongst associate navies that can final for years to return. I’m assured in our skill to work collectively as one staff in pursuit of our widespread objectives of safety and regional stability.”
Underneath the train state of affairs, individuals from air, land, particular forces and maritime elements have shaped a multinational pressure to defend the Panama Canal beneath a United Nations Safety Council decision. The state of affairs performed out as simulated operations within the canal and its regional waters in each the Jap Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
The train was being carried out at a number of U.S. navy installations together with: Joint Workers Train Directorate at Suffolk, Va.; U.S. Southern Command, Doral, Fla.; Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Homestead, Fla.; Davis-Monthan Air Pressure Base, Tucson, Ariz.; and Naval Station Mayport, Fla.
USNAVSO/4th Fleet helps U.S. Southern Command’s joint and mixed navy operations by using maritime forces in cooperative maritime safety operations in an effort to keep entry, improve interoperability, and construct enduring partnerships in an effort to improve regional safety and promote peace, stability, and prosperity within the Caribbean, Central and South American areas.
