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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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SPMAGTF-CR-AF 19.1 prepare medical tent for African Lion 2019
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christine DeForest, an emergency medicine physician with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, directs Staff Sgt. Bryant Beasley, a gun chief with 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Idaho Army National Guard, and Sgt. 1st Class Donald Robertson, a platoon sergeant with 1-148th FAR, where to put a can in a medical tent during exercise African Lion 2019, in Tan Tan, Morocco, March 25, 2019. African Lion is an annual, multinational, joint-force exercise designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating a strong partnership between nation’s militaries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tessa D. Watts)