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RILEY XANTEN II

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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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Marines ice fish with Alaskan natives
Cpl. Gabriel Castroena, an electrician with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and a native of San Bernardino, Calif., helps Jung In, a local fishing enthusiast, dig a hole in ice with an auger on the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April. 17. In, who invited the Marines to ice fish, said they were really eager to help and handled the machine really well.