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Marines


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.



Media Contact Information

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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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall
A mobile one half-replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall is displayed at Veterans Park in Kenner, Louisiana during a Vietnam War Memorial ceremony, May 16, 2014. Marines of Marine Forces Reserve and veterans from all branches of the Armed Forces helped honor the fallen and those still missing from the Vietnam War by providing a band and rifle team to commemorate the ceremony. Vietnam veterans built the moving wall replica and it has been traveling the country for more than 30 years.

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Photo by: Lcpl. Mackenzie Schlueter |  VIRIN: 140516-M-I5438-001.JPG