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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

Marines Call for Navy Close Air Support on Fort Pickett

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steve Vasquez (left), a field radio operator with Headquarters Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, from Garden Grove, California, and Lt. Col. Seth Tufvesson (right), the air officer for 23rd Marine Regiment, from San Diego, California record flight data during a tactical air control party (TACP) primer course on Fort Pickett, Virginia, Feb. 3, 2022. Marines called for notional close air support from U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Stanfield)

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