Posted: 08/01/2011
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (Aug. 17, 2011) Sailors from Special Boat Team 20 deploy a tactical maneuver using an 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat during a training exercise with service members from Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama and Peru at the Stennis Space Center as part of PANAMAX 2011. PANAMAX focuses on the defense of the Panama Canal, with participants from 17 countries, and involving more than 4,500 personnel throughout the U.S. Southern Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elisandro T. Diaz)