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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

The Final Flight

Cpl. Cassidie Crowe, a collateral duty quality assurance representative, with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4 (VMU-4), prepares the RQ-21A Blackjack for launching at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 4, 2021. The Marine Corps is divesting the RQ-21A unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to equip additional active component VMU squadrons with more capable Medium Altitude, Long Endurance UAS. The Marine Corps has begun a multiyear process of divesting equipment to increase force readiness, resiliency, mobility and lethality to support the future operating environment around the globe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz)

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