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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

Marine Forces Reserve welcomes new 4th Marine Division commanding general

Maj. Gen. Burke W. Whitman (left), the incoming commanding general of 4th Marine Division, accepts the Marine Corps Colors from Brig. Gen. Paul K. Lebidine (right), the outgoing commanding general of 4th Marine Division, during a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, April 7, 2017. Whitman assumes leadership of the largest division command in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Niles Lee/Released)