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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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Marines with CLB-451 receive 2017 Reserve Family Readiness Award

Honorable Robert Wilkie, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, speaks to a gathering of service members from each military branch about the importance of family readiness at the 2017 Department of Defense Family Readiness Award, at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, Arlington, Virginia, March 23, 2018. The ceremony was held to recognize Combat Logistics Battalion 451,4th Marine Logistics Group, and top units from each branch, for having outstanding support programs for service members and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)