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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

2nd, 4th CEB and 8th ESB Marines complete first Reserve Sapper Course

Marines with 2nd and 4th Combat Engineer Battalions and 8th Engineer Support Bn. practice setting up a Bangalore torpedo charge aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 24, 2013. The Marines used the Bangalore torpedoes to clear paths through wire entanglements by placing several connected tubes of explosives and then taking cover in a bunker during the explosion.