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Arctic Edge 25

MFR SEAL - FLAT - 2022
4th Marine Division / 4th Marine Aircraft Wing
Alaska, United States of America
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Arctic Edge 25 is a Joint Chiefs of Staff designated joint and combined field training exercise oriented on homeland defense in the Alaska/Arctic region. This exercise provides an opportunity to highlight cross command coordination in the Alaskan theater of operations for homeland defense. 

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Video by Sgt. Scott Jenkins

2/14 at ARCTIC EDGE 2025

  • Arctic Edge 2025
  • Aug. 27, 2025 | 1:51

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, participate in ARCTIC EDGE 2025 (AE25) Alaska, Aug. 8-24th, 2025. Specialized Arctic training generates valuable lessons learned for warfighters and enablers ensuring they can execute their assigned missions in any environment. AE25 is a NORAD and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities and enhance Joint and Allied Force interoperability in the Arctic. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Scott Jenkins)

Arctic Edge 25 VIDEO GALLERY
Marines receive toys donation from Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
From left to right, Sgt. Christopher Vidaurre, protocol clerk with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, Phyllis M. Taylor, Staff Sgt. Sylvester T. Dollard, security administrative staff noncommissioned officer in charge at MARFORRES, and Sgt. Joseph a White, protocol clerk with HQBN, MARFORRES, stand in front of toys collected and donated by Patrick F. Taylor Foundation’s employees at the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation building in New Orleans, Dec. 14, 2016. Every year the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation receives individual donations from its employees in order to support the Toys For Tots annual toy drive. The program collects new, unwrapped toys during the holiday season so that less fortunate children may have a new toy to open during the holidays. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Ferro)