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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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2/14 Marines integrate HIMARS with F-35Bs at WTI 1-18
Cpl. Joshua Hodges, an artillery cannonneer with 3rd Platoon, Rocket Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, Marine Forces Reserve, opens a supply box during Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-18 at Landing Zone Bull Attack near the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, Oct. 6- 19, 2017. The Marines participated in WTI 1-18 during their two-week annual training and using the HIMARS to fire Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets in a ‘sensor to shooter integration’ exercise with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, flying the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melany Vasquez/ Released)