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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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Operation Nordic Frost prepares Marines for cold weather operations
First Lt. Michael T. O’Neill, a platoon commander with Company A, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve , gives an overview of the patrol to his team during training exercise Nordic Frost, Jan. 8, 2016, at Ethan Allen Training Center in Jericho, Vt. The patrol consisted of heavy machine gun suppressive fire as a team of Marines advanced under the tree line to assault a simulated enemy bunker.