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Arctic Edge 2026

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

 

ABOUT 

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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Service Members Working Together Providing Healthcare to People in Need
Army Sgt. Comfort Adeboje, 68X mental health specialist with 7203rd Medical Support Unit out of Hobart, Indiana and native of Chicago, Illinois checks patient Nina Phillips’ blood pressure in a routine medical screening during Innovative Readiness Training Arkansas Care, July 30, 2014. IRT Arkansas Care served the residents of a seven county area known as the Arkansas Delta region. The joint-service Reserve units provided a variety of general medical, optometry and dental services while simultaneously gaining the training they need for their military occupational specialty.