Marines


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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Faces of the Force: Capt. John Howarth
Capt. John Howarth the company operations liaison officer with Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, looks out the window of an U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook during a high altitude, high opening (HAHO) jump at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 17, Aug. 2, 2017. Howarth has been in the Marine Corps Reserves for his entire 18 year career, first enlisting after high school and then commissioning after college. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)