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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. 

 

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MARFORRES honors 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps

Col. Chris Steinhilber (left), 4th Marine Division chief of staff, and Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Miller (right), 4th MARDIV sergeant major, salute Gen. Robert H. Barrow’s gravestone, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps, during the playing of “Taps” at the annual wreath laying ceremony for Barrow at Grace Church of West Feliciana, in Saint Francisville, La., Nov. 10, 2017. Barrow served as Commandant from 1979 to 1983. When Barrow passed away on Oct. 30, 2008, Marines from across the Marine Corps came to his funeral to honor him. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)