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SPMAGTF-SC 20

Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Southern Command - 2020

 

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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. 

 

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2nd Battalion, 24th Marines combine arms for live-fire training with Air National Guard
Camp Atterbury, Ind. - Pfc. Robert Perez, a field radio operator with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, double checks coordinates in a call-for-fire mission directed toward a mortar platoon as part of their Reserve forces drill period training, March 15, 2014, at a firing range on Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Center. After receiving the coordinates, Perez relayed the information to fire direction center Marines to locate the target. Then the FDC Marines shouted out the target coordinates to the mortar teams. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/released)