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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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Reserve Marines conduct advanced CBRN training

Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Roach, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist with CBRN platoon, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, calibrates his detectors before conducting CBRN training at Camp Shelby, Miss., Nov. 17, 2015 as part of a week-long Advanced Consequence Management course. Multiple detectors are used by the CBRN defense specialists that detect everything from subtle changes in the environment to the presence of weapons of mass-destruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/Released)