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Marines


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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Marine Corps brings replica Vietnam Memorial Wall to New Orleans

Staff Sgt. Thomas F. Stewart, Vietnam War commemoration liaison staff noncommissioned officer with the Office of U.S. Marine Corps Communication, greets members of various military and first-responder veteran motorcycle clubs at the Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn in City Park, New Orleans, Aug. 24, 2016. The motorcycle clubs escorted an 80-percent replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington to the park. The Marine Corps brought the wall to New Orleans as part of a commemorative plan to honor and remember the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The wall arrived in conjunction with Marine Forces Reserve’s Centennial celebration, which began with events in New Orleans this week. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released)

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