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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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Name:      First Lieutenant Quiarra Barros
Address:  2000 Opelousas Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone:     (504) 697-9339
eMail:       mfrcommstrat@usmc.mil

 

 

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4th Combat Engineer Battalion returns home from deployment with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa
PARKVILLE, Md. – From right to left, Lt. Col. Thomas Marble, commanding officer of 4th Combat Engineer Battalion; Sgt. Maj. Athanasios Verros, sergeant major of 4th CEB; Mrs. Janice Chance, chaplain for the American Gold Star Mothers Maryland chapter; Amy Seeberger, a representative from Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski’s office and Jerome Stephens, a representative from Maryland Senator Ben Cardin’s office; listen to the welcoming remarks at the 4th CEB homecoming celebration in Maryland, Jan. 21, 2014. The Marines deployed to Africa to train foreign militaries in areas including combat marksmanship, combat life saving techniques, logistics, vehicle maintenance and combat engineering, among others. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)