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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. 

 

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Partner Nations Train During Platinum Wolf 16
Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Vander Wiede, an accident investigation chief with Detachment 2, Headquarters Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, gives a class on the components of an improvised explosive device to the Reserve Marines of 4th LE Bn., Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, during exercise Platinum Wolf 2016 at the Peacekeeping Training Operations Center South Base in Bujanovac, Serbia, May 10, 2016. The Marines joined six other partner nations including Bosnia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia to conduct peacekeeping operations and non-lethal weapons training over the course of two weeks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham)