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International Stories: HMCS Calgary sails on three-month deployment
 Credit: Mary Ellen Green HMCS Calgary departs her home port of Esquimalt, B.C.. |
PANAMAX is designed to strengthen the naval interoperability of nations that have security interests in the Panama Canal. The annual exercise is cosponsored by US Southern Command and the Government of Panama. Crisis response scenarios will test the alliance's ability to counter maritime-based threats to the Panama Canal, an invaluable international trade route. Exercise participants from 16 countries will be deployed on both sides of the Isthmus of Panama and will practice a range of joint coalition activities including command and control, surveillance and monitoring, and naval boarding operations.
The deployment will also see Calgary participating in multinational drug surveillance and interdiction operations led by U.S. Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S). With assistance from international partners including Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain and France, JIATF-S has stopped more than 200 metric tonnes of cocaine from entering North America since 2007.
“The deployment of HMCS Calgary is a reflection of the Government of Canada's commitment to stability and prosperity in Central and South America,” said Commodore Ron Lloyd, Commander Canadian Fleet Pacific. “Canada's continuing involvement in exercise PANAMAX improves cooperation and interoperability between the Canadian Forces and our international partners.”
In October, Calgary will conduct diplomatic visits at a number of ports in Peru, Chile and Mexico before returning to Esquimalt in November.
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