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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

How One Marine Builds His Own Howitzer

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Lance Cpl. Wayne Rohall (right) a field artilleryman with India Battery, 3rd Battalion 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, inspects ammunition with section chief Sgt. Julian E. Gomez III, before loading a M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer, Oct. 25, 2014 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister. Exercise Twisted Sister was a live-fire artillery training exercise designed to hone tactics, techniques and procedures at the battalion level. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)