U.S. Army Capt. Juan Ariel Torres (right), JTF-Bravo engineer speaks with a Panamanian counterpart at an outpost in Nicanor, Darien province, Panama Dec. 9, 2019. Torres is part of the SOUTHCOM Situational Assessment Team that is working with Panamanian partners to validate the team's expeditionary capabilities during a disaster response exercise known as Mercury.