The US Marine Corps' (USMC's) special purpose unit concept continues to evolve as the corps prepares to send its first force package to US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), largely for disaster response. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force -SOUTHCOM (SPMAGTF-SC) is to deploy about 280...
Radio Reconnaissance Platoon - Role Radio Reconnaissance Teams carry out tactical signals intelligence (SIGINT) / electronic warfare operations for their assigned Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). Such operations entail intercepting and monitoring radio communications in order to gather intelligence. Whe...
[for] lack of a better term ~ we're going to have strength on the bench." Paxton said the next step after the drawdown is for the military to determine the "demand signal." Additional questions include whether the special purpose MAGTF should be a crisis response force and a decision on...
In 2013, in response to a deadly attack on the US Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, the USMC set up a Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response (SP MAGTF-CR) in Moron, Spain, as an asset allocated to US Africa Command.DANIEL WASSERBLY...
Transport Squadron (VMGR)-252 at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, have been placed on standby, along with approximately 500 marines and other personnel, to respond to emergency events under the guise of the newly formed Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response (SP-MAGTF...