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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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Marines receive toys donation from Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

From left to right, Sgt. Christopher Vidaurre, protocol clerk with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, Phyllis M. Taylor, Staff Sgt. Sylvester T. Dollard, security administrative staff noncommissioned officer in charge at MARFORRES, and Sgt. Joseph a White, protocol clerk with HQBN, MARFORRES, stand in front of toys collected and donated by Patrick F. Taylor Foundation’s employees at the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation building in New Orleans, Dec. 14, 2016. Every year the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation receives individual donations from its employees in order to support the Toys For Tots annual toy drive. The program collects new, unwrapped toys during the holiday season so that less fortunate children may have a new toy to open during the holidays. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Ferro)