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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

Distinguished Visitors visit service members supporting IRT Puerto Rico 2019

U.S. Army Maj. Melissa M. Pietras, the medical officer in charge of Innovative Readiness Training Puerto Rico (right), hugs U.S. Army Maj. Alexandra Dillon, an Army Nurse Corps officer with Delaware National Guard, at Ponce, Puerto Rico, April 30, 2019. IRT Puerto Rico is also called Ola de Esperanza Sanadora, which translates to Healing Wave of Hope. This IRT is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)