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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

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Assisted by an Iraqi interpreter, Capt. Joseph Graves, a platoon commander with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, works with an Iraqi Police officer to defuse a public disturbance during a training exercise July 21, 2008. The exercise was designed to teach Marines to work with Iraqi Security Forces in preparation for their 2008-2009 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Although he served as a communications officer while on active duty, Graves had the opportunity to go infantry in the reserves.

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Photo by: Capt. Paul Greenberg |  VIRIN: 080721-M-0000G-000.jpg