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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
MARFORRES honors 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps
Col. Chris Steinhilber (left), 4th Marine Division chief of staff, and Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Miller (right), 4th MARDIV sergeant major, salute Gen. Robert H. Barrow’s gravestone, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps, during the playing of “Taps” at the annual wreath laying ceremony for Barrow at Grace Church of West Feliciana, in Saint Francisville, La., Nov. 10, 2017. Barrow served as Commandant from 1979 to 1983. When Barrow passed away on Oct. 30, 2008, Marines from across the Marine Corps came to his funeral to honor him. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)