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Arctic Edge 2026

Artic Edge 26
VMR-1 and 2/14 HIRAIN
The Arctic

 

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AE26 is a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Tier 2 Joint Field Training Exercise (FTX) in the Alaska Theater of Operations (AKTO). AE26 will also include USNORTHCOM activities in Greenland, focusing on joint and combined homeland defense readiness and operations in the Arctic region. AE26 is aligned with Large Scale Global Exercise 26 (LSGE26), a globally integrated joint force FTX with defense partners and interagency organizations intended to shape the strategic operating environment, promote global integration and integrated deterrence, and mitigate strategic risk.


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Address:  2000 Opelousas Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone:     (504) 697-9339
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Indiana Marine awarded the 2013 Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone Award for Courage and Commitment
Staff Sgt. Alec Haralovich shows his Marines and friends the Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone Award for Courage and Commitment after a ceremony here, May 19, 2013. The Marines assigned to Company E, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, gathered together to congratulate Haralovich for earning the distinction. After the ceremony, Haralovich left promptly to begin a nearly year-long deployment to train foreign forces overseas in the coming months. Haralovich is a reconnaissance Marine from Bloomington, Ind. He is assigned to Company E, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve.