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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

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Cpl. Bradley Graczyk, combat engineer with Combat Logistics Regiment 45 directs a Humvee offloading from USNS Sgt. William R. Button during a maritime prepositioning force offload at the port of Klaipeda, Lithuania, May 23, 2018. The primary purpose of the MPF program is to enable the rapid deployment and engagement of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force anywhere in the world in support of US National Defense Strategy. (Courtesy photo provided by Cpl. Anthoney Moore)