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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. 

 

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Lance Cpl. Oliver Cravens, left, and Sgt. Zack Vandehey, right, heavy equipment operators with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, create a trench during a command post exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 7, 2020. The trench was created to judge the operators’ proficiency and confidence with the equipment. The Marines and Sailors of SPMAGTF-SC use the training opportunity of the CPX to both show their capabilities in a controlled environment and prepare for the upcoming mission. SPMAGTF-SC is poised to conduct crisis response, theater security cooperation, and general engineering training alongside partner nation militaries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cravens is a native of Portland, Oregon. Vandehey is a native of Oakland, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)