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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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Marine Corps veteran Lance Cpl. Gonzalez receives award upgrade to Navy Cross.

Maj. Gen. David G. Bellon (left), commander of Marine Corps Forces South, congratulates Marine Corps veteran Lance Cpl. Benjamin Gonzalez (right), after awarding him with the Navy Cross in El Paso, Texas, Nov. 14, 2017. Gonzalez, while serving an automatic rifleman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, heroically threw himself on a fellow Marine shielding him from a grenade blast. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/Released)