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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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U.S. Marine Col. Jay Huston, the commanding officer of 24th Marine Regiment, drinks fresh water from a jungle vine June 25, 2009 while visiting Marines on deployment with Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training in Malaysia. CARAT is an annual series of bi-lateral maritime training exercises between the United States and Southeast Asian nations. Several reserve officers had the opportunity to lead more than two hundred reservists from the 24th Marine Regiment during the entire four-month exercise on temporary mobilization orders. Official Marine Corps photo by