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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 and Indiana National Guard Conduct Joint CASEVAC Communication Training

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kyle Dykins, a transmissions system operator with Detachment, Communication Company, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, scans the training area after an extraction via a UH-60 Black Hawk during a joint communications exercise with the 38th Combat Aviation Brigade, Indiana National Guard in Camp Atterbury, Edinburgh, Indiana, March 14, 2025. The joint communications exercise tested the Marines’ ability to rapidly deploy and establish secure communications in an operational environment. Upon insertion via UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, radio teams established encrypted high-frequency networks with the combat operations center, coordinated simulated medical evacuations, and executed air extractions, demonstrating their capability to maneuver and communicate in dynamic conditions alongside joint force partners. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Maj. Lara Soto)

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