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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

Laser Focus | Force Headquarters Group Marines direct airpower during a tactical air control party evaluation

U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Omar I. Cardoso Bienes, a joint fire observer assigned to 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, conducts a debrief with his team during a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) exercise at Rattlesnake Range, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Dec. 07, 2023. The TACP consisted of Marine joint fire observers and joint terminal attack controllers who coordinated with aircraft to conduct close air support drills. Bienes is a Jovellanos, Matanzas, Cuba native and went to Hialeah Educational Academy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)

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