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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

Marines gain knowledge, assist community at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor

OLD HARBOR, Alaska - Cpl. Luis Ibarra, an electrical equipment repair technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 473, observes a Bull Dog Fish through a microscope, with Angel Christiansen, a middle school student of Old Harbor, Alaska, July 15. Reserve Marines attended a biology lab presented by Dr. Switgard Duesterloh, a marine biologist from Kodiak College, Alaska. Reserve Marines participating in Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, worked with the students during their liberty period. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. David Waite)