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Col. Vincent Dawson salutes the unit colors during the SPMAGTF-SC closing ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 13. - Col. Vincent Dawson salutes the unit colors during the SPMAGTF-SC closing ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 13.

Task force Marines hold closing ceremony for crisis response deployment

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command officially conclude their crisis response deployment during a closing ceremony at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 13. Due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SPMAGTF-SC’s mission to rapidly respond to assist Latin American and Caribbean partner nations with humanitarian assistance and disaster relief support was based from Camp Lejeune instead of being based from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, like previous years...

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U.S. Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command and Honduran soldiers from Fifth Infantry Battalion work to install a new pipeline that will provide water throughout the Fuerte Mocoron base in Mocoron, Honduras, Sept. 6, 2016. U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Southern Command participated in engineering projects, security cooperation and disaster relief preparation in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. - U.S. Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command and Honduran soldiers from Fifth Infantry Battalion work to install a new pipeline that will provide water throughout the Fuerte Mocoron base in Mocoron, Honduras, Sept. 6, 2016. U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Southern Command participated in engineering projects, security cooperation and disaster relief preparation in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.