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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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Reserve Marines complete first Joint Fires Observer primer course
Lance Cpl. William Lents, a forward observer with 4th Air Naval Ground Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, utilizes M22 binoculars to calibrate a vector so he can find the distance and direction of, and for, a target at Avon Park Air Force Range in Avon Park, Florida, Aug. 11, 2017. During the final exercise, students were given the opportunity to not only utilize equipment but to also gain valuable insight of what real-world operations would feel like when they become JFO's.