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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

Weapons Co. 1/25 mortars provide indirect-fire support at Heavy Metal 14

Lance Cpl. Brian Brodman and a mortarman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment hangs a round in the tube before dropping to fire at simulated targets down range as part of an indirect-fire weapons integration exercise Aug. 15, 2014, in Camp Lejeune, N.C. at exercise Heavy Metal 14. Before mortars are fired, mortarmen must wait for the fire direction center to give the signal to fire after each gun has confirmed that their target is properly sighted in.

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Photo by: Cpl. Joseph Karwick |  VIRIN: 140815-M-BC491-101.JPG