Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Amy Forsythe | Special Operations Command South | 07.29.2025
PANAMA CITY, Panama – A motorcycle rider serving in the Panamanian Aeronaval Service, Carla Castro, 20, takes a break from practicing hook and climb ladder techniques that simulate a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) during PANAMAX-ALPHA 2025 at a training base near Panama City, Panama, July 29, 2025. These portable ladders are essential for stealthy maritime interdictions,......
Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Amy Forsythe | Special Operations Command South | 07.29.2025
PANAMA CITY, Panama - Members of the Panamanian Security Forces practice using a hook and climb ladder to simulate a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) during PANAMAX-ALPHA 2025 at a training base near Panama City, Panama, July 29, 2025. These portable ladders are essential for stealthy maritime interdictions, particularly when boarding non-compliant or hostile vessels where speed,......
Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Amy Forsythe | Special Operations Command South | 07.29.2025
PANAMA CITY, Panama - Members of the Panamanian Security Forces practice using a hook and climb ladder to simulate a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) during PANAMAX-ALPHA 2025 at a training base near Panama City, Panama, July 29, 2025. These portable ladders are essential for stealthy maritime interdictions, particularly when boarding non-compliant or hostile vessels where speed,......
Photo by Lt.j.g. Theresa Carpenter | U.S. Navy | 02.04.2010
A special warfare operator medic assigned to Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines, critiques students from the Armed Forces of the Philippines Naval Special Operations Group who are administering first-aid to a victim with an arm injury during a field medical exercise. Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines and Armed Forces of the Philippines partnered for the month-long......
Photo by Lt.j.g. Theresa Carpenter | U.S. Navy | 02.03.2010
A special warfare operator medic assigned to Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines, teaches how to properly administer IV fluid to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Naval Special Operations Group. Twenty members from various Philippine Navy SEAL units participated in the month-long course to learn how to provide first-responder care to wounded troops on the battlefield....
