U.S. Aid from Exercises, Entire Region, 2006-2011
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Document: PANAMAX: Teamwork against terrorism
Country: Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ni
Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX is an annual exercise tailored to the defense of the Panama Canal against transnational threats. PANAMAX 2009 is designed to address a spectrum of possible threats, including terrorist acts against the canal, to ensure a multinational force can respond to any request for support from the Government of Panama while respecting national sovereignty.
Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX is an annual exercise tailored to the defense of the Panama Canal against transnational threats. PANAMAX 2009 is designed to address a spectrum of possible threats, including terrorist acts against the canal, to ensure a multinational force can respond to any request for support from the Government of Panama while respecting national sovereignty.
Ultimately Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX is about working together and learning from each other in order to promote trust and foster willingness for continued collaboration and teamwork. PANAMAX offers the opportunity to strengthen the ability to operate together which ultimately strengthens security of the hemisphere.
Participants and observers include forces from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United States and Uruguay. The ground portion of the exercise is being conducted at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis, both in San Antonio from Sept. 13-21.
Document: Opening Ceremony Kicks Off FA PANAMAX 2009
Country: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gu
More than 4,500 personnel from 20 countries began a 12-day exercise here Friday to train in a joint, multinational effort to ensure the security of the Panama Canal.
FA PANAMAX 2009 is one of the largest multinational training exercises in the world, and is taking place in the waters off the coasts of Panama from Sept. 11-22 with the participation of civil and military forces.
More than 20 vessels and a dozen aircraft are involved in the exercises. Participants are focusing on a variety of responses to any request from the Government of Panama to protect and guarantee safe passage of traffic through the Panama Canal, ensure its neutrality, and respect national sovereignty. Simulated ground forces are also participating at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.
The FA PANAMAX 2009 exercise scenario includes sea-based training devoted to maritime interdiction operations, including visit, boarding, search and seizure. Virtual land-based training in San Antonio, Texas, will focus on command and control, stability operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster-relief operations.
FA PANAMAX 2009 participating nations include: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, United States and Uruguay. France and Mexico are scheduled to participate as observers. The Conference of Central American Armies, the Organization of American States and the United Nations will also participate.
Document: Oak Hill Returns Home After Southern Partnership Station 2009
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay
Oak Hill, based at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va., departed June 3 for SPS 2009, a combined multinational naval and amphibious operation with Oak Hill and maritime forces from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay.
Oak Hill also supported the U.S. Marine Corps Forces South (USMARSOUTH) multinational amphibious exercise, Southern Exchange 2009.
During SPS 2009, Oak Hill embarked more than 20 partner nation liaison Sailors and Marines who worked and trained with the crew in daily shipboard operations. Embarked Sailors from the Expeditionary Training Command in Little Creek also shared their expertise in small boat operations; visit, board, search and seizure; and other areas during subject matter expert exchanges (SMEEs) with Sailors and Marines in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
Oak Hill Sailors who participated in SMEEs said they learned a lot from training with their Navy counterparts and enjoyed the experience.
Oak Hill also conducted joint maritime security operations with the Uruguayan Navy. Together the navies executed a swept channel mine avoidance exercise and conducted deck landing qualifications (DLQs) with Uruguayan helicopter pilots. The crew also conducted DLQs with Brazilian pilots flying a Brazilian Super Puma helicopter.
Document: U.S. Army Leads Multinational Peacekeeping Exercise in Guatemala
Country: Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
The U.S. Army is working hand-in-hand with the Central American Armed Forces Conference to enhance stability and cooperation throughout the region with their annual Peace Keeping Operations Exercise here.
The current three-week-long exercise consists of various training venues and culminates with a final command-post exercise Aug. 15-17 where students will get a chance to put into practice all the information and skills they learned during the annual Peace Keeping Operations Exercise
This is the third and final phase of annual exercises designed specifically for this region.
The conference, known as CFAC, is comprised of The Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras and was established approximately a decade ago.
This annual exercise equips CFAC troops with the knowledge and tools to effectively execute peacekeeping missions and respond to natural disasters, within United Nations standards, throughout the region.
During this 16-day phase, a class consisting of 86 students representing the various countries, learn everything from convoy and security operations to medical evacuation and public affairs procedures all within United Nations guidelines.
The exercise took approximately 3 months of coordination and planning and the team is already looking to plan future exercises, said Kempf. “Next year, the focus country will be Chile, and in 2011, it will be in Brazil.”
The overall goal is to enhance interoperability and improve security and cooperation of the people in the region
Document: Training Strengthens Dominican Republic, U.S. Partnerships
Country: Dominican Republic
The purpose of this JCET was to strengthen the partnership between the United States and the Dominican Republic Navy. This training exercise is held annually at the invitation of the Dominican Republic and focuses on supporting their counter-drug mission.
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This course covers basic seamanship skills, including everything from towing the boats on trailers to inserting and extracting forces on the ground. Previous U.S. engagement with the Dominicans has included Enduring Friendship, a USSOUTHCOM-spearheaded multi-year program that aims to lay the groundwork for a regional security network of maritime patrollers by providing seven nations´ improved communications systems and high-speed interceptor boats. These four craft, delivered in 2007 as part of the Enduring Friendship initiative, have been augmented by two more boarding craft this year, to vastly enhance the Dominican´s capability to patrol their waters.
Document: Oak Hill Sailors Strengthen Partnership with Brazil
Country: Brazil
Sailors aboard dock-landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) brought the spirit of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) ´09 to Brazil July 13-24 welcoming Brazilian Sailors for tours and exchanges on various shipboard operations.
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More than 150 sailors from the Brazilian Navy visited the ship to take part in joint training on wet well operations, basic first aid and medical response, damage control, and firefighting. The training gave both the U.S. and Brazilian navies a chance to come together and improve interoperability between the partner nations.
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Shaw facilitated wet well operations training with the Brazilian sailors. After a presentation of the different types of amphibious craft Oak Hill is capable of embarking, he took them on a tour of the ship´s well deck. Shaw says there are a lot of similarities between the two amphibious fleets.
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Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (SW/AW) Elizabeth Gracie facilitated the medical portion of the training and also found similarities. She said the Brazilian sailors had a lot to offer from their experiences.
Document: Multinational Southern Exchange 2009 Exercise Begins in Brazil
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay
The multinational combined exercise is meant to train various countries’ forces together to effectively learn to operate as one force, as well as to bolster overall stability and security throughout the region. The countries participating this year are the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Uruguay.
Afterward, the row of the nations’ flags was raised simultaneously, symbolizing the official start of SE09. Seven countries will work as one over the next three weeks, learning from each other and training together.
During this two-phased exercise, Law of War and Human Rights classes will be taught daily, and training will be taught by various experts from each participating nation. Training will focus on fundamentals that are common amongst all Marine Corps' throughout the Americas: convoy operations, first aid, water survival, amphibious training, martial arts, patrolling, and checkpoint operations in order to enhance each nation’s peacekeeping and humanitarian disaster relief capabilities, should the need arise.
Phase two will culminate with a three-day final peace-keeping exercise in which participants will showcase the lessons learned and seize the opportunity to utilize the mission-focused knowledge and expertise shared amongst each other during the initial phase.
Document: U.S., Partner Nation Marines and Sailors Join for Southern Exchange Exercise in Brazil
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay
Brazil’s Marine Corps, or Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais (CFN), will host approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors from the United States, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Uruguay for exercise Southern Exchange 2009 (SE09), July 13-31 at the Divisão Anfibia and the island of Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro.
This year’s exercise is designed as a transparent, multinational exchange that focuses on enhancing proficiency and interoperability between partner nation Marine Corps’ forces.
SE09 helps to strengthen relationships resulting in improved stability and security throughout the region. The concept of operations is structured toward Marine fundamentals and focused on building partner nation capability to execute United Nations’ coalition missions such as Haiti and Congo.
During this two-phased exercise Law of War and Human Rights classes will be taught daily, and training will be taught by various experts representing each participating nation.
Training will focus on fundamentals that are common amongst all Marines throughout the Americas: convoy operations, first aid, water survival, amphibious training, martial arts, patrolling, and checkpoint operations in order to enhance each nation’s peacekeeping and humanitarian disaster relief capabilities.
Phase two will culminate with a three-day final peacekeeping exercise in which participants will showcase the lessons learned and seize the opportunity to utilize the mission-focused knowledge and expertise shared amongst each other during the initial phase.
Lt. Col. Miguel Ameigeiras, the MARFORSOUTH SE09 exercise director, says that he sees multinational combined exercises as the way of the future for U.S. Marine Corps involvement in South America.
Document: U.S. Ships Take Part in Operacion Multinacional Alianza Naval Exercise
Country: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru
Ships from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and the United States are participating in Operacion Multinacional Alianza, a post-UNITAS Gold naval exercise hosted by Colombia, from May 8 to 14.
Participating ships are BNS Constituicao (F-42), CS Blanco Encalada (CF-15), ARC Almirante Padilla (FM-51), ARC Cartagena De Indias (BL-161), BAP Aguirre (FM-55), USS Doyle (FFG-39) and USS Kauffman (FFG-59).
During the exercise, participants will practice Maritime Interdiction Operations, ship formations, anti-submarine warfare, air attack exercises and practice firing.
Document: U.S., Honduran Military Members Conduct Combined Jump Training
Country: Honduras
Nearly 200 U.S. Army and Honduran paratroopers and 10 U.S. Air Force aircrew members teamed up to complete combined jump training over the drop zone here May 16.
For the U.S. Soldiers and Airmen, it was an opportunity to train side-by-side with a partner nation and learn about their methods and procedures. For the majority of the Honduran "paracaidistas" -- or paratroopers -- the effort marked their first jump and the completion of a final prerequisite before they graduate from jump school.
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