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.

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General Commander of the Chilean Marine Corps Rear Admiral Jorge Keitel Villagrán visits to attend the Commanders Update Brief: UNITAS XLV

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Ryan Allen, commanding officer of Marine Air Control Group 48, Sgt. Melissa Rivas Casanova, walk with Chilean Marine Col. Francisco Cabezon Gonzalez through Expeditionary Advanced Base North, in Puerto Aldea, Chile, on Sept. 6, 2024, after a meeting about how the following days simulated amphibious raid practice will occur on Sept. 6, 2024, during UNITAS LXV. The simulated amphibious raid practice taking place on Sept. 7, 2024, is meant to prepare U.S. Marine Corps and Chilean units for the simulated raid taking place later on in the week. UNITAS, which is Latin for “unity”, was conceived in 1959 and has taken place annually since first conducted in 1960. This year marks the 65th iteration of the world’s longest running annual multinational maritime exercise. (U. S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Payton Goodrich)

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Tags: Maritime, unitas, MULTINATIONAL, UNITASChile2024, MFS UNITAS 24

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Payton Goodrich | VIRIN: 240906-M-KI947-8002.JPG

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