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SPMAGTF-SC 20

Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Southern Command - 2020

 

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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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31st MEU hosts Forward Observer Competition
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Mclennan, a fire support Marine, with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, observes his surroundings in order to draw a range sketch during a forward observer competition at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 23, 2025. Marines are evaluated in a number of simulated events to enhance their readiness and lethality. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. Mclennan is a native of South Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)

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