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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

Locked and Loaded

Lance Cpl. Joshua Arntzen (front), a radio operator with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, Marine Forces Reserve and Cpl. Jeffrey Mallone, a field wireman with Battery M, man the M250 machine gun on Pelham Range in Anniston, Alabama on Sept. 19, 2015. The Marines trained on three different crew-served weapons to maintain their proficiency and knowledge on each system.

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Photo by: Cpl. Sara Graham |  VIRIN: 130709-M-MH863-640.JPG