Col. Art Dem Heber Channels, Salvadoran Army exercise coordinator, left, Col. Chip Carels, Army South G3/7 director of training and exercises, center, and Luis Alonso Duran, El Salvador General Directorate of Civil Protection, right, take part in the opening ceremony on May 9, 2022, for the CENTAM Guardian 22 Exercise. CENTAM Guardian 22 is a multinational exercise aimed at enhancing interoperability among the participating nations in areas of security as well as humanitarian assistance and disaster response operations during the three-week exercise.