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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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Lance Cpl. Thomas Wendt, a heavy equipment engineer with 6th Engineer Support Battalion, Battle Creek, Mich., uses a bulldozer to spread a pile of gravel to form a base for the road. Marines with 6th ESB are building a road for the village of Newtok, Alaska. The Alaskan natives in Newtok are watching their village slowly sink into the Bering Sea.

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Photo by: Cpl. Michael Laycock |  VIRIN: 100628-M-0000C-000.jpg