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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.

 

about

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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Lance Cpl. Nyan Baar, a 2/25 Reserve Marine, peers into a container atop a refrigerator, searching for explosive-making materials or other evidence at the home of a suspected insurgent during a training exercise here June 26, 2008. A native of Penbrook, Mass. and a mental health worker in his civilian career, Baar joined 2/25 in February as an individual augment for their upcoming deployment to Iraq.