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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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4th MAW leaders attend memorial and celebration in Mississippi

Alicia H. Truesdale, a resident of Moorhead, sings “The Star Spangled Banner” during a memorial and celebration of the states birthday, in Moorhead, Miss., Oct. 19, 2017. Leaders from 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, as well as residents of Moorhead held not only a celebration for the 200th birthday of the state of Mississippi, but to also memorialize the 16 service members who perished in a C-130 aircraft crash in July 2017, in the nearby county of Leflore. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)