Train PANAMAX 2022 is a U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) sponsored train that gives essential coaching alternatives for nations to work collectively and construct upon the potential to plan and conduct complicated multinational operations. The train situation entails safety and stability operations to make sure free stream of commerce by way of the Panama Canal.
U.S. forces collaborating on this yr’s train embody employees parts from USSOUTHCOM, U.S. Army South, U.S. Marine Forces South, Particular Operations Command South, twelfth Air Pressure (Air Forces Southern), and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, together with individuals from 23 accomplice nations.
Roughly 300 Sailors, Marines, and public safety forces will serve on the CFMCC employees underneath the management of Argentine Rear Adm. Marcelo Fernandez, who serves as Commander, Atlantic Naval Space for the Argentine Navy.
“PANAMAX demonstrates our skill to make sure regional safety and stability by way of multi-national maritime operations in assist of the Panama Canal,” stated Fernandez. “I look ahead to the chance to work along with the U.S. and our different accomplice nations throughout this essential train.”
Underneath the train situation, a multinational power has shaped to execute a United Nations Safety Council decision calling for protection of the Panama Canal. The power contains air, land and special-forces elements, along with the maritime part, which is able to plan and conduct simulated operations in and across the canal and its surrounding waters within the Japanese Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
There aren’t any dwell forces on this yr’s PANAMAX. As an alternative, part staffs will work by way of a computer-aided situation in assist of the Multinational Forces South (MNFS) Commander, Maj. Gen. William Thigpen, Commanding Basic, U.S. Army South.
Forces will take part within the coaching at varied U.S. places together with Joint Employees 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.
For the fifth straight PANAMAX, the air, land, and maritime part commanders for the train are accomplice nation flag/common officers.
“PANAMAX gives an essential alternative to construct on these lasting relationships we have now developed with our companions,” stated Rear Adm. Doug Sasse, Reserve Vice Commander for U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, and the CFMCC Deputy Commander. “It additionally serves as invaluable platform for multinational forces to boost functionality, enhance interoperability, and strengthen partnerships.”
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, the train host, helps U.S. Southern Command’s joint and mixed army operations by using maritime forces in cooperative maritime safety operations with the intention to preserve entry, improve interoperability, and construct enduring partnerships with the intention to improve regional safety and promote peace, stability, and prosperity within the Caribbean, Central and South American areas.
