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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

Capt. Nguyen Dec. 2009.JPG

Capt. Tin Nguyen, a reserve infantry officer with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, gives toys and candy to local children during a December, 2009 patrol to meet with local elders in a rural village here. The battalion’s reserve officers are currently leading several hundred Marines in counterinsurgency operations during their seven-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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