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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

Task force Marines deploying to Latin America conduct small boat training

Sgt. Thomas Roeder, a military policeman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, fills a combat rubber raiding craft with air during a training exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 12, 2020. The Marines train and learn small boat skills and procedures to better help the SPMAGTF-SC with mission accomplishment when deployed within jungle environments. These training events assist the Marines and Sailors when working alongside partner nations in Latin America and the Caribbean with crisis response preparedness, security cooperation training, and engineering projects. Roeder is a native of Troy, Montana. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)