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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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Volunteers help revitalize the New Orleans Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8973

Sergeant Major Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, poses with Marines from Marine Forces Reserve, Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Belle Chasse, and other volunteers for a group photo in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8973, June 4, 2014. The volunteers helped renovate the post to provide a place for veterans to go for Veterans Affairs claims, résumé and interviewing workshops, free legal clinics and more. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sara Graham)