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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

Navy Corpsmen hold training with Canadian Armed Forces medical technicians

Canadian medical technicians and U.S. Navy corpsmen watch as U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christian Basque, a navy doctor with Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, examines U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Edmonson, a communications Marine with MWSS-473, MAG-41, 4th MAW, MARFORRES, during exercise Maple Flag 50 at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Alberta, June 2, 2017. During Maple Flag 50, the corpsmen’s mission was to provide medical support for Marines with MWSS-473 by conducting field medical assessments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Niles Lee |  VIRIN: 060517-M-HG783-001.JPG