Marines


Arctic Edge 24

MFR SEAL - FLAT - 2022
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve
Alaska, United States of America

 

 

ABOUT

Arctic Edge (AE24) is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. military's capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the Arctic region.

 

MEDIA CONTACT INFORMATION

Name:  MFR CommStrat
Address:  2000 Opelousas Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114
eMail:  mfrcommstrat@usmc.mil

Arctic Edge 24 - Exercise Logo

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Video by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas

Arctic Edge 24: Marines conduct cold weather training exercise

  • Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES)
  • March 13, 2024 | 2:40

U.S. Marines participate in exercise Arctic Edge 2024 across various training locations in Alaska from Feb. 23, 2024 to March 11, 2024. The exercise consisted of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) live-fire training, field testing of an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), practicing C-130 aircraft long range logistical operations to include ingress and egress of personnel and equipment, live-fire machine gun ranges, and field training with a Marine Corps Cold Weather Infantry Kit (MCCWIK). The arctic conditions allowed the Marines to refine their tactics, techniques, and procedures in a cold weather environment while testing their equipment in the extreme weather conditions. The active component and reserve Marines, alongside Army and Air Force counterparts, proved they are prepared to serve in any clime and place of their choosing across the globe. Arctic
Edge 2024 is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. military’s capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the Arctic region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kanoa Thomas and Pfc. Nicholas Bryan).

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press releases / articles

Any Clime and Place: Reserve Marines field test radar system in Alaska in support of Arctic Edge 2024
In the unforgiving cold of Alaska, U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 24 (MACS-24), Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve field-tested an...

Any Clime and Place: Fox 2/14 Marines fire HIMARS in subzero conditions during Arctic Edge 2024
Against the backdrop of a snowy landscape and amidst the gusts of a biting wind, U.S. Marines with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve prepare...

 
photo gallery
Gone but not Forgotten; A Pearl Harbor Marine Laid to Rest in Perryton Texas
Mr. Derek Black, left, Private Waldean Black’s closest relative is presented with sand from Omaha Beach by Benny Guerrero, retired Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer, right, during Private Waldean Black’s funeral in Perryton, Texas, April 28, 2022. The remains from the USS Oklahoma were buried in 52 mass graves for the entirety of World War ll before being exhumed with the intention of identifying all the men. By the end of 1949 only 49 bodies were identified. The others were reburied in 46 shared graves. In 2015, the Secretary of Defense issued a directive to exhume the 46 graves and utilize modern technology to identify the bodies using DNA. Black was officially accounted for on Dec. 13, 2018, thank to the DNA from his closest living relative, his nephew Derek Black. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay)

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