U.S. Government
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 00:00
Fires raging, bullets flying, refugees scrambling for safety and the economy coming to a stand still - these are all scenarios that played out during the multi-national military exercise Fueras Aliadas (Allied Forces) PANAMAX 2008 in Central America
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 00:00
U.S. Southern Command, which is sponsoring Panamax, invited the community leaders to see the exercise activity first hand so they could return home to share what they learned
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 00:00
The scenario threatened to bring world economies to their knees: A fictional terrorist group took control of an island off Panama, planted mines at approaches to the Panama Canal and threatened to cut off free access to the pivotal waterway
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 00:00
Building the shelters is just one part of Continuing Promise’s joint efforts between the United States, partner- nations and non-governmental support organizations and to build partnerships and lasting memories
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 00:00
Atlanta successfully hosted the second annual Americas Competitiveness Forum this week, bringing together public and private sector leaders, academia and nongovernmental organizations from the Americas
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 00:00
The spirit of multinational cooperation took a dramatic and unexpected turn Aug. 16 at Tocumen International Airport when United States and Panamanian armed forces saved up to eight aircraft by pushing them to safety from a nearby cargo hangar that was en
Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 00:00
The joint-military engineering teams established a forward operation base (FOB) near the Puerto Cabezas Airport in order to maximize the amount of work they could accomplish on projects at nearby Juan Comenius High School, Municipal Park and Nancy Bach Ho
Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 00:00
Mission Commander of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008, Captian Fernadez “Frank” Ponds, visited with locals here Aug. 15 to thank them for their hospitality and wish them a bright future as medical operations came to a close
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 00:00
Bringing 20 nations together into a joint training environment takes a lot of work and preparation, but Wright also said that PANAMAX gives U.S. sailors a unique opportunity to train in a variety of situations to which they normally wouldn’t have access
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 00:00
CP is a collaborative effort between the United States and partner militaries, non-governmental organizations (NGO) and partner-nation support organizations to build strong partnerships that can be called upon in the event of a regional situation