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Marines


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

SPMAGTF-AE: Marines conduct machine gun range in Alaska

Cpl. Jonathan L. Tilas, an ammunition technician with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, prepares 7.62 mm ammunition before a machine gun range at Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 22, 2020, in preparation for exercise Arctic Edge 2020. Arctic Edge provides high quality and effective training in extreme cold-weather conditions which enables Marines to navigate, communicate, and sustain themselves to be effective in arctic environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jose Gonzalez)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Jose Gonzalez |  VIRIN: 200222-M-EH454-1023.JPG