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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

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, fire mortars during training for upcoming deployment

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary Turnage inputs target and firing data while firing mortars during an adversarial force exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 3, 2024. Turnage is a squad leader from Ponchatoula, Louisiana. The AFX is the primary readiness-building event prior to Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment’s upcoming deployment to Okinawa, Japan, in support of the Marine Corps’ Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Madisyn Paschal)

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