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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

Cross training at its finest: LCE Marines enhance their skills with Mobile Training Team

U.S. Marine Sgt. Jorge P. Calle, left, an infantry tactics instructor with the Mobile Training Team, Command Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, performs a search and rescue technique on Sgt. Francis A. Nova, an infantry tactics instructor with the MTT, during a water survival course at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 13, 2017. The course consisted of basic water survival skills as well as search and rescue techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Serine Farahi)