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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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Assisted by an Iraqi interpreter and his cursory knowledge of Arabic, Lance Cpl. Ryan Baker of Company E, 2/25 uses tactical questioning techniques to obtain information from an Iraqi couple whose house his team searched and found explosives and bomb-making materials during the final day of a training exercise here June 27, 2008. All civilian role players in the scenarios are native-born Iraqis and speak Arabic throughout the exercise. Baker, a York, Pa. native, took a hiaitus from the Baltimore County Police Academy when his company was mobilized in May. He plans to return to the academy next year when he gets back from Iraq.

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