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Marines


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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Lance Cpl. Mathew Dieter, left, and Cpl. Talon Malone, right, both combat engineers with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, level a cylinder block wall during a general exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 14, 2020. The combat engineers leveled the wall to help their construction project maintain its overall structural integrity. The GENEX includes training events such as engineering projects and evacuation control center training scenarios that will help build the SPMAGTF-SC for their final certification exercise. These training events also provide the Marines and Sailors with real-world scenarios to prepare them for their deployment to assist partner nation militaries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Dieter is a native of Portland, Oregon. Malone is a native of Estacada, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)