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08/12/2026

08/12/2026

U.S. Army Special Forces and special operations forces from Panama, Peru, and Ecuador conducted a simulated direct-action raid during in Colón Province, Panamá. Infiltrating by CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the multinational team captured and extracted a simulated time-sensitive target, strengthening interoperability and combined capabilities.

Multinational defense and security forces are training together during the Panamanian-hosted PANAMAX exercise. Held in Panama and the U.S., the exercise is strengthening the collective capability of regional forces to safeguard the Panama Canal and maintain security and stability in the Western Hemisphere.

| | U.S. Department of War | Secretary of War Pete Hegseth | The Joint Staff | U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command (USAWHC) | Embajada de Estados Unidos en Panamá | Joint Task Force-Bravo | SOCSOUTH | Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas del Perú | Armada del Ecuador | Senafront Panamá

Members of Peru's Comando de Inteligencia y Operaciones Especiales Conjuntas (CIOEC) and the Ecuadorian Marine Corps' Gr...
08/10/2026

Members of Peru's Comando de Inteligencia y Operaciones Especiales Conjuntas (CIOEC) and the Ecuadorian Marine Corps' Grupo de Acción Rápida de la Infantería de Marina (GAHRIM) disembark from a U.S. Army Joint Task Force-Bravo CH-47 Chinook during in Colón Province, Panamá.

Multinational defense and security forces are training together during the Panamanian-hosted PANAMAX exercise. Held in Panama and the U.S., the exercise is strengthening the collective capability of regional forces to safeguard the Panama Canal and maintain security and stability in the Western Hemisphere.

| | U.S. Department of War | Secretary of War Pete Hegseth | The Joint Staff | U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command (USAWHC) | Embajada de Estados Unidos en Panamá | SOCSOUTH | Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas del Perú | Armada del Ecuador

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers trained alongside members of Peru’s Comando de Inteligencia y Operaciones Especiales C...
08/09/2026

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers trained alongside members of Peru’s Comando de Inteligencia y Operaciones Especiales Conjuntas (CIOEC), the Ecuadorian Marine Corps’ Grupo de Acción Rápida de la Infantería de Marina (GAHRIM), and Panama’s Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales (BRIFFEE) during a helicopter-supported simulated time-sensitive target raid in Colón Province, Panama, Aug. 6, 2026. Partner forces inserted aboard a U.S. Army Task Force Bravo CH-47 Chinook, maneuvered to the objective, extracted a simulated high-value target, and coordinated the mission while integrating tactics, techniques and procedures as a combined special operations force.

PANAMAX 2026 brings together defense and public security forces from 19 participating nations to improve interoperability and strengthen collective capacity to conduct coalition and all-domain operations that help safeguard the Panama Canal and maintain regional security and stability.

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