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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

SPMAGTF-SC 17 begins pre-deployment training at Camp Lejeune

Sgt. Daniel Grant, a mortarman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, assumes the prone position while firing at an unknown distance target on a Table 3 range during pre-deployment training at Range K501 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 16, 2017. The training was conducted to enhance the Ground Combat Element’s readiness for future security cooperation operations in Central America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens/ Released)

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Photo by: Cpl. Melissa Martens |  VIRIN: 170322-M-CK972-001.JPG