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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

Phil Bryant (center), the governor of Mississippi, and his wife Deborah Bryant, bow their heads in prayer during the invocation, led by Ray Bridges (right), at the Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration, in Moorhead, Miss., Oct. 19, 2017. The Moorhead Garden Club held Mississippi's 200th birthday in Moorhead to not only celebrate the state's birthday, but to also honor, and pay tribute to, the 15 Marines and one sailor who perished in a C-130 plane crash on July 10, 2017, in the nearby county of Leflore. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)