Watch as Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) transits the Panama Canal from Gatun Lake to Balboa Harbor. PANAMA 11.28.2018 Video by Lt. Robert Reinheimer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001)
09/12/2011 PANAMAX 2011 is an annual multinational training exercise sponsored by U.S. Southern Command focusing on the security of the Panama Canal.
The military impact of equipment shortfalls and delayed modernization efforts is sometimes difficult to measure. When a crisis like Haiti happens, the U.S. military responds and is able to work with allies across the region, obscuring the shortfalls’ true effect.
