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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

Corporal's Course

Cpl. Alfonso Jarrett Jr., a Philadelphia native and reservist with 4th Maintenance Battalion, Electronic Equipment Maintenance Company, Detachment 1 in Greensboro, S.C., practices sword manual along with other Corporal's Course Marines, Aug. 23, 2012. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Joint Task Force Enabler participated in a three-week Corporal's Course on Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Aug. 13-30. The course provides the Marines with necessary leadership skills and is designed to provide the war fighting skills, core values and mindset necessary for effective leadership of Marines.