Service members from Brazil, Mexico, and the United States brainstorm during exercise PANAMAX 24 in Mayport, Florida, August 13, 2024. Twenty partner nations took part in PANAMAX 24, bringing together some 2,000 participants at various U.S. locations to include Florida, Texas, Virginia, and Arizona. The U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, multinational, biennial exercise, carried out August 5-14, aims at reinforcing the long-term security of the Panama Canal, enhancing interoperability, and building enduring partnership while promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Hemisphere. (Photo: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Jacob Sippel)