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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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49th annual Montford Point Marine Association Convention brings together original Marines, awards Congressional Gold Medals
Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Bailey, deputy commandant of Plans, Policies and Operations, presented Congressional Gold Medals to two of the original Montford Point Marines in attendance at the 49th annual Montford Point Marine Association Convention awards banquet here, July 19, 2014. Woodrow Arthur and Cleveland Williams were two of approximately 20,000 black Marines who were trained at the Montford Point training facility in Camp Johnson, North Carolina, when military forces were still segregated.