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Colombian Brigadier General Gabriel

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Paonia traveled to Fort Sam Houston

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texas recently to meet with members

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from US army cells G three , planning

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and operations directorate in

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preparation for the upcoming joint

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multinational training exercise .

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Panamax 2011 . This year marks the

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first time that the Colombian army will

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be in charge of the Land forces

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component during the South com

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sponsored exercise . As the land

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component . We have to conduct ground

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operations in order to achieve the

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commander's intent . On the other hand ,

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we have to interact with other services

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agencies and forces and

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looking for integrate all our efforts .

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Our military have a lot of experience .

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We are conducting a joint operations

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frequently in a our country . We are

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conducting task force operations

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frequently . So for us it's not an

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unknown environment so we think that

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we can put all our efforts together

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here . Panamaxes , a 12 day events

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driven exercise in which the primary

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focus is the defense of the Panama

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Canal by a multi nation coalition

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involving countries throughout central

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and South America , including the U . S .

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Canada and Mexico . Over 2000 civilian

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and military personnel from 17 nations

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are expected to participate this month ,

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reporting for our south public affairs .

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