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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

Hometown Heroes: Lance Cpl. Austin A. Haneline

Lance Cpl. Austin A. Haneline, an unmanned aerial vehicle operator with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, based in Camp Pendleton, California, not only flies UAVs with the Marine Corps, but also in his civilian career. UAVs are aircrafts operated without a human pilot aboard, and instead are operated by a ground-based controller and a system of communication between the two. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexis B. Rocha/released)