U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Kucera, right, a squad leader with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division counts members of his team during a helicopter loading drill at Base Aeronaval Cristobal Colón, Panama, Aug. 10, 2026, as part of PANAMAX 2026. PANAMAX 2026 seeks to improve interoperability and strengthen collective capacity to conduct complex multinational and all-domain operations to ensure the free flow of commerce through the Panama Canal and maintain security and stability in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dominic Trujillo)
U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, conduct a simulated raid on an objective alongside marines with the Mexican Marine Corps, Ecuadorian Marine Corps and Panama’s National Aeronaval Service at Base Aeronaval Cristóbal Colón, Panama, Aug. 12, 2026, during PANAMAX 2026. PANAMAX 2026 seeks to improve interoperability and strengthen collective capacity to conduct complex multinational and all-domain operations to ensure the free flow of commerce through the Panama Canal and maintain security and stability in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Samuel Qin)
Leaders from the Chilean marine corps and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South came together Oct. 22, 2025, for a Staff Planner Working Group hosted at Marine Corps Support Facilities New Orleans.
U.S. Marines and participating multinational forces kick off UNITAS LXVI (66), the world’s longest-running maritime exercise with military forces from 25 partner nations from Europe, the Caribbean, North, Central and South America, along with U.S. Navy and Marine Corps units, to strengthen interoperability, enhance maritime security and foster collaboration in the region.
