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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

Shock Trauma Platoon Trains in the Desert

Corpsmen with Shock Trauma Platoon, 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, exit the area of an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the New Mexico Army National Guard during a realistic casualty scenario as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 here, June 9, 2014. The Shock Trauma Platoon's objective is to recieve all casualties within Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23 and evaluate their injuries for the Forward Resuscitative Surgical Suite where the decision is made to move the patient to a higher echelon of medical care.