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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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MARFORRES Marines awarded at annual logistics award ceremony

Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, talks with an attendee at the Marine Corps Association and Foundation's 14th annual Ground Logistics Awards Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia, March 22, 2018. Competing against every logistics unit in the Marine Corps, Reserve unit Marines Wing Support Squadron 473 has, for the first time in the awards history, won the Marine Corps Logistics Organization/Team of the Year for a large unit award for all their humanitarian and relief efforts with hurricane's Harvey and Irma, as well as aide relief for a plane crash in Mississippi. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)