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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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Marines honor Gen. Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Lane Crochet (left), a transmission chief and Sunshine, La. native, with Marine Corps Instructor Staff, Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps and Lt. Col. Eric Swanson, a manpower officer with 4th Marine Division and a Chattanooga, Tenn. native, place a wreath on the grave of Gen. Robert H. Barrow, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps, during the annual ceremony at Grace Church of West Feliciana, in Saint Francisville, La., Nov. 10, 2023. Barrow served as Commandant from 1979 to 1983 and since his death in 2008, Marines lay a wreath on his grave in remembrance and to honor of his 41 years of service. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher)

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