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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

Marine Innovation Unit Town Hall with Force Headquarters Group Leadership

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Nicholas E. Ksiazek, a member of the Marine Innovation Unit currently assigned as an embedded officer at the Defense Innovation Unit, delivers a presentation on the initiatives currently underway at DIU during an all-hands training in White Plains, New York, Nov. 20, 2025. Ksiazek provided Marines with a broad understanding of the collaboration taking place between MIU and DIU to help advanced defense innovation efforts. Established in 2022, the Marine Innovation Unit leverages the talent of the Marine Corps Reserve to accelerate the adoption of advanced capabilities, transform Naval Service capacity for technology employment, and retain and invest in Total Force human capital. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)

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