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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

4th Law Enforcement Battalion supports Casualty Evacuation

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Sara Vanharen with Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, demonstrates proper use of a gurney to U.S. Marines with 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Force Reserve before the practical application portion of a casualty evacuation drill at Cagayan North International Airport , Lal-Lo, Luzon, Philippines, on April 18, 2025 in support of Exercise Balikatan 25. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Kai W. Huber)

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Photo by: Gunnery Sgt. Kai W. Huber |  VIRIN: 250418-M-IJ090-1033.JPG