CARIBBEAN SEA (Aug. 17, 2011) – Coast Guardsmen attached to USCG Bear (WMEC 901) enter a rigid hulled inflatable boat to conduct visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) training with PANAMAX 2011 partner nations. PANAMAX 2011 is an annual multinational training exercise sponsored by Southern Command focusing on the security of the Panama Canal. Involving 16 nations from the Western Hemisphere and more than 3,500 civil and military personnel, the 12-day exercise takes place off the coasts of Panama and the United States, including Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Miami, Naval Station Mayport
CARIBBEAN SEA (Aug. 17, 2011) – Coast Guardsmen attached to USCG Bear (WMEC 901) enter a rigid hulled inflatable boat to conduct visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) training with PANAMAX 2011 partner nations. PANAMAX 2011 is an annual multinational training exercise sponsored by Southern Command focusing on the security of the Panama Canal. Involving 16 nations from the Western Hemisphere and more than 3,500 civil and military personnel, the 12-day exercise takes place off the coasts of Panama and the United States, including Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Miami, Naval Station Mayport, Florida and Stennis, Mississippi, among others Aug 15-26. (Official photo by Chilean Navy Corporal Jose L. Cancino /Released) PANAMAX 2011 VBSS 110817-N-XX999-939
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