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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. 

 

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Redefining Marksmanship: Reserve Marines conduct new Annual Rifle Qualification

Marines with Combat Marksmanship Coaches Reserve (CMCR) engage targets on the move while conducting the new Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 21, 2021. The CMCR students are the first to qualify as Combat Marksmanship Coaches under the new ARQ that will soon be implemented across the Marine Corps. Marine Forces Reserve Marines will begin to qualify under the new ARQ in Fiscal Year 22 as the Marine Corps continues to adapt training to increase lethality throughout the Marine Corps, regardless of their Military Occupational Specialty. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay |  VIRIN: 210921-M-LD973-969.JPG