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 @JTF_Bravo CH-47 Chinook during #PANAMAX26 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. #PeaceThroughStrength #SOUTHCOM @DeptofWar @SecWar @thejointstaff @USArmyWHC @USEmbPan @SOCSOUTH @CCFFAA_PERU @armada_ecuador