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Why is the Panama Canal Zone not considered a Toxic Exposure Risk Activity, even with all the evidence, plus 19 Congressmen requesting it?
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After Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Panama, the State department announced that U.S. government vessels are now allowed to transit the Panama Canal without being charged fees. There are on...
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Panamanian president José Raúl Mulino said his country would not renew its agreement with China's Belt and Road Initiative following a visit from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a move that will make ...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-9uL-8UJNI&t=317s

 

Senate hearings focusing on the Panama Canal and the threat of growing Chinese influence there. Potential for being an absolute tinderbox.
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(12/22/2024) President Trump weighs in on the future of the Panama Canal with the USA. He believes the U.S. is being “ripped off” and there’s national security issues. Panama Canal Authority charges ...
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Damn good question about Panama canal toxic waste
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The water levels were low enough to see tree trunks in Lake Gatun when I was stationed @ Ft Davis in the 90s. They came back; enough to warrant the construction of bigger locks on the Atlantic side. ...
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Saint Martin de Porres

Image: Saint Martin de Porres | St Dominic’s priory church in London | photo by Lawrence OP

Saint of the Day for November 3
(December 9, 1579 – November 3, 1639)

Saint Martin de Porres’ Story
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Bajo Chiquito is a small Indigenous village built along a river. It's the first place that U.S.-bound migrants reach in Panama, after making the hazardous trek across the Darién jungle.

 

Here hundreds ...
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On December 31, 1999, the United States, in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, officially hands over control of the Panama Canal, putting the strategic waterway into Panamanian hands for th...
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Jesse Delia says it happened in Panama. A few years back, he was finishing up his field work — a research project examining the parental behavior of a type of glassfrog. He brought a handful of these ...
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A ceremony on May 4, 1905 marks the official beginning of the second attempt to build the Panama Canal. This second attempt to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will succeed, dramatically alterin...
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The singer may be best known for his hits "Redneck Yacht Club" and "The Father, My Son and the Holy Ghost," but he's also an Army veteran. Morgan served almost 10 years on active duty in the United St...
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Untold stories behind the boldest US military strike since Vietnam - the surprise invasion of Panama in December 1989. The secret buildup to the attack, the classified mission by Special Forces to res...
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Still looking for anyone who served at Ft Kobbe from 1970-1972. I was in the HHC. I worked around David Pratt, Lt Glenn Ivey(RIP, killed in Veit Nam), Major Lowery, Big Red 1, Ken Cummings, Lt Adamson...
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IMAGE OF THE DAY

 

IN REMEMBRANCE OF SP5 Mark Kuzinski R.I.P

 

Celebrating Panama's independence
What do you get when you cross historic feats of engineering with unmatched natural beauty? Answer: This pho...
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On September 25, 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Panama Isthmus becoming the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the New World. An excerpt from the article:

 

"The 16th...
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How They Dug the Canal by Bill Bennett and John Cribb

 

From the day the U.S. started digging the Panama Canal in 1904, doubters scoffed. To link the Atlantic and Pacific would mean digging across 50 mi...
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The American-built waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is inaugurated with the passage of the U.S. vessel Ancon, a cargo and passenger ship.

 

The rush of ...
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The hijackers who captured a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman departed the targeted ship on Wednesday, the British navy reported, as recorded radio traffic appeared...
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One of the best assignments I had was Panama. I spent 13 and a half years in the country, on Howard AFB and Albrook AFB. Loved every minute of it.
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On January 3, 1990, Panama’s General Manuel Antonio Noriega, after holing up for 10 days at the Vatican embassy in Panama City, surrenders to U.S. military troops to face charges of drug trafficking. ...
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On December 31, 1999, the United States, in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, officially hands over control of the Panama Canal, putting the strategic waterway into Panamanian hands for th...
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A robotic cargo vessel has passed through the Panama Canal for the first time. The ship, an Overlord uncrewed surface vessel belonging to the US Navy, made a 4700-nautical-mile (8700-kilometre) journe...
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Talk About a Tight Fit!
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"The Only Thing You Can Count On is Death and Taxes"
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How They Dug the Canal by Bill Bennett and John Cribb

 

From the day the U.S. started digging the Panama Canal in 1904, doubters scoffed. To link the Atlantic and Pacific would mean digging across 50 mi...
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Starting tonight on The Veteran's Show. Dion is a great guest. Dion not only served in Korea in 88 to 89, but he also deployed with the 82nd Airborne to Panama (89) and Desert Shield/Storm (90/91). Di...
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On May 4, the United States began construction on the Panama Canal. From the article:

 

"Panama Canal
Following the failure of a French construction team in the 1880s, the United States commenced buildin...
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They were stunned to hear that if they ran out of funds they will have to work in trade for food.
The start of a new Communist society lol... Now they just want to go home... They suddenly became Nat...
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Prosecutors in Panama say they have found the corpses of six children and one adult in a clandestine burial pit where a sect had tortured indigenous people in exorcism rituals.
Prosecutors said Thursda...
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Today in American Military History -- 1989
Operation Just Cause begins: US troops invade Panama

 

The military incursion into Panama began on 20 December 1989, at 1:00 a.m. local time. The operation invo...
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How They Dug the Canal by Bill Bennett and John Cribb

 

From the day the U.S. started digging the Panama Canal in 1904, doubters scoffed. To link the Atlantic and Pacific would mean digging across 50 mi...
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Galeta Island is a remote point near the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. It was used for strategic communication and intelligence research by the U.S. Navy beginning in the 1930s. In 1959 it became...
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Twice a day while I was stationed in Panama the DDT truck slowly drove in and around post, spraying a cloud of poisonous gas. Morning PT often had us running through that cloud. They would drive right by our unit family day function adding flavor to our potluck meals. Children would be on the str...
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The Digging of the Ditch
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In Washington, President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos sign a treaty agreeing to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama at the end of the 20th centu...
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My Dad was stationed while serving in the Army (33rd Infantry Regiment, http://www.czimages.com/CZMemories/Fort_Clayton/33rdinfreg.pdf) in the Panama Canal Zone in the late 1940's to the early 1950's....
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it's amazing how these teenagers can do such a good job just doing the musical portion of the song Panama!
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A short man with a ponytail peeks through a crack in a sheet-metal fence, calling out to see if anybody's home. His name is Dario Garcia and he is checking on some people with HIV to make sure they're...
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Panama 1974, Fort Sherman AO
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Sounds Like an Excellent Training Location
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1) Southcom.mil. (2018, Feb. 15). Posture Statement of Admiral Kurt W. Tidd Commander, United States Southern Command Before The 115th Congress. Senate Armed Service Committee. Retrieved from ...
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For your visual and audio pleasure.
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Mad Dog McFowler was my First Sergeant in Panama from 1983 to 1985 he was awesome, he could motivate troop like no other leader I came across in the Army SGT Jim Arnold SPC Douglas Bolton LTC Stephen Curlee ...
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Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country.

 

Panama Colon, Panama City To inspect construction of Panama Canal. First visit abro...
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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen was resolute in response to Panama’s switch: “China has continued to manipulate the ‘one China’ principle and pressure Taiwan’s international space, threatening the right...
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New pictures of Ft. Clayton. 193rd B, HHC and even the 1,2,3 Club...
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