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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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Lance Cpl. Sean Burke, a Reserve Marine from Company E, 2/25, searches inside a stove for hidden explosive equipment during a training exercise here June 26, 2008. A select group of reserve Marines bound for Iraq came to the Joint Center of Excellence's Search and Tactical Site Exploitation course as part of their predeployment training. Burke put his junior year of college at Temple University on hold for his first deployment overseas.