050809-F-4883S-390 Pacific Ocean (Aug. 9, 2005) – Navy Seaman Durrant Spenser watches the Chilean frigate Almirante Williams (FF 19) come along side his ship, the guided missile cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51), during a light line transfer on the first day of PANAMAX 2005. PANAMAX is a training exercise in defense of the Panama Canal involving 15 countries. The Panama Canal is critical to the free flow of trade and goods in the Western Hemisphere and the entire world. The region's economy and stability largely depend on the safe transport of several hundred million tons of cargo that
050809-F-4883S-390 Pacific Ocean (Aug. 9, 2005) – Navy Seaman Durrant Spenser watches the Chilean frigate Almirante Williams (FF 19) come along side his ship, the guided missile cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51), during a light line transfer on the first day of PANAMAX 2005. PANAMAX is a training exercise in defense of the Panama Canal involving 15 countries. The Panama Canal is critical to the free flow of trade and goods in the Western Hemisphere and the entire world. The region's economy and stability largely depend on the safe transport of several hundred million tons of cargo that transit through the canal every year. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza (RELEASED) US Navy 050809-F-4883S-390 Navy Seaman Durrant Spenser watches the Chilean frigate Almirante Williams (FF 19) come along side his ship, the guided missile cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51), during a light line transfer
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