Marines


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. 

 

PHOTO GALLERY
Marines refurbish housing facility
Cpl. Joseph Dutton, from Brookline, Vermont, pry nails loose in the wooden flooring in an old military housing facility Jan. 9 during exercise Lava Viper 15-1.2 at Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii. Dutton is removing the nails to remove and replace the floor. The housing facility is used by various military branches as a safe house while waiting for ships to arrive with vehicles and supplies. MWSS-472 has been tasked to refurbish the facility because the building is deteriorating. Dutton is a combat engineer with MWSS-472, Marine Air Group 47, 4th Marine Air Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert Williams Jr./ Released)