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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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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 7
Col Walter Cunningham, United States Marine Corps retired fighter pilot and Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, gives his remarks during the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 7 mission at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, Oct. 20, 2018. The spacecraft crew consisted of commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., command module pilot Donn F. Eisele, and lunar module pilot Walter Cunningham. Apollo 7 was the only manned Apollo mission launched on a Saturn 1-B rocket and from pad 34 at Cape Kennedy and the first manned test of the Command and Service Module. The crew orbited the Earth 163 times and spent 10 days and 20 hours in space. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melany Vasquez/Released)