UNITAS visit to Spearhead

GULF OF PANAMA - High ranking civilian and military officials paid visit to the USNS Spearhead on Sept. 27 during UNITAS 2016, an annual maritime military exercise involving 11 countries from the Americas. This year's exercise, hosted by Panama, is a multinational maritime exercise in its 57th year with the goal of increasing interoperability between navies and public security forces. (Source: U.S. 4th Fleet 09/27/16) Gulf Coast Note: USNS Spearhead was built at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala.)