Students in the U.S. Naval War College’s (NWC) Maritime Advanced Warfighting School (MAWS) provided U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), a report on their regional capstone project on-site during the annual PANAMAX exercise in the Republic of Panama on Aug. 12, 2026.
The 12-year-old patient knew what a seizure felt like. What the patient did not know was how to stop the fear that another one was coming.
When the patient’s heart began racing and breathing became difficult, fear of another seizure intensified into a panic attack severe enough to prompt a visit to the emergency room at Hospital Regional Dr. Luis Manuel Morillo King.
The patient was referred to the hospital’s mental health team, where...
