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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

MWSS-473 runs FARP in Marathon, Florida, in wake of Hurricane Irma

U.S. Marine Corps bulk fuel specialists with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, watch as a U.S. Army CH-47, from Bravo Company 1-111M out of Jacksonville, Florida, takes off from Marathon, Florida, Sept. 13, 2017. Marines with MWSS-473 established a forward arming and refueling point in Marathon, Florida to provide support of search and rescue operations in wake of Hurricane Irma.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)