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RILEY XANTEN II

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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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Lance Cpl. Joseph Sacco, front, and Lance Cpl. Brandon Drapela, back, water support technicians with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, carry a reverse osmosis module into position during a command post exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 9, 2020. Water support technician Marines moved locations to practice setting up the lightweight water purification system on uneven ground instead of concrete. The CPX increases readiness and challenges SPMAGTF-SC command and control, communications and timely decision-making capabilities through simulated real-world scenarios. SPMAGTF-SC will be deployed into the Southern Command area of operation to provide crisis response preparedness efforts, security cooperation training and engineering events to help strengthen relations with partner nations throughout Central and South America. Sacco is a native of Beaverton, Oregon. Drapela is a native of Corvallis, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)