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RILEY XANTEN II

This page archives news and photos from Exercise RILEY-XANTEN II in 2017. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement.

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Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, participate in exercise Riley Xanten II, in Burwash, Ontario, Feb. 3-5, 2017. During the exercise, the Marines joined soldiers from the Canadian Armed Forces to exchange knowledge and increase proficiency in cold weather tactics, survival skills, shelter building, ice fishing, and more.

 

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Marine takes charge, earns Silver Star

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO -- Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, Sgt. Miguelange G. Madrigal, a radio chief with Supporting Arms Liaison Team G, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, and Sgt. Maj. James E. Booker, sergeant major of MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, gather inside the Staff Sgt. Allan K. Walker building aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Jan. 31, 2013. The building and shadow box behind them were constructed in honor of Walker, who was killed in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2004. Walker served under Booker in Iraq and was also Madrigal’s drill instructor in 2003. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)