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Marines


SPMAGTF-SC 20

This page archives news and photos from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command in 2020. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement.

 

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From Jun to Dec 2020, SPMAGTF-SC 20, in coordination with Partner Nations and US Government entities, forward deploys to execute opportune maritime engagements, theater security cooperation, and foreign humanitarian assistance in the SOUTHCOM AOR to increase interoperability between U.S. and select partner naval forces, build a more lethal force, and increase PN ability to export security.  BPT support limited crisis response. 

 

PHOTO GALLERY

Marine earns Silver Star for Vietnam heroics

Marine Sgt. Gary L. Hill gathers with his immediate and extended family who came to show their support for his military service after his Silver Star Medal ceremony at the Tuscaloosa Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center here June 7, 2013. Retired Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Charles C. Krulak presented Hill with the nation’s third highest award for his heroic actions while deployed to Vietnam in 1967

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Photo by: Sgt. Raymond Lott |  VIRIN: 130607-M-MS727-313.JPG