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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

TACP Primer Course on Fort Pickett

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steve Vasquez, a field radio operator with Headquarters Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, from Garden Grove, California, observes a target area designated by Lt. Col Seth Tufvesson, the air officer for 23rd Marine Regiment, from San Diego, California, during a tactical air control party (TACP) primer course on Fort Pickett, Virginia, Feb. 2, 2022. Vasquez participated in the course to prepare for formal schooling to earn the additional military occupational specialty of joint fires observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Stanfield)

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