Hundreds of participants from South and Central American nations, as well as U.S. joint staff members, gather in front of the Fort Sam Houston Theater for a group photo to jump start exercise PANAMAX, Aug. 6, 2024. PANAMAX is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, multinational, biennial command post exercise (CPX) enabling multiple participating nations to practice interoperability and strengthen their ability to plan and execute complex multinational operations at various locations across the United States, Aug. 5-14. At Fort Sam Houston, Army South is hosting 11 nations from South and Central America, as well as U.S. joint staff members, who will participate in the exercise as part of Multinational Forces South (MNFS) and the Chilean-led Combined Force Land Component Command (CFLCC). (Courtesy photo)