Keywords: BAP Mariategui Panamax 2004.jpg 040812-N-7631T-009 Gulf of Panama Aug 12 2004 “ B A P Mariategui FM-54 conducts maritime patrols in the Gulf of Panama for suspected ships of interest in support of PANAMAX 2004 Naval forces from eight countries are participating in PANAMAX 2004 a naval exercise designed to build up a coalition response to security threats against the Panama Canal PANAMAX is conducted under the direction of Commander Naval Forces Southern Command and involves the identification monitoring and interdiction of vessels posing a simulated terrorist threat to the Canal The multinational force includes surface and air assets from Argentina Colombia Chile Dominican Republic Honduras Panama Peru and the United States operating in the north and south approaches to the Canal PANAMAX ™s realistic scenario develops not only interoperability among naval forces but also joint and inter-agency interoperability as the naval forces work together with other services and agencies of Panama to ensure the safety of the Canal and to protect freedom of navigation english site of wikipedia from http //www dodmedia osd mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details cfm SDAN 040812-N-7631T-009 JPGPath /JCCC/Still/2004/Navy/040812-N-7631T-009 JPG U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Kevin R Tidwell RELEASED This is a World Wide Web site for official information about the United States Navy It is provided as a public service by the Naval Media Center The purpose is to provide information and news about the U S Navy to the general public All information on this site is public domain and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested ---- PD-USGov-Military-Navy BAP Mariátegui FM 54 PANAMAX 2004 |