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Marines


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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Marines honor 27th Commandant with wreath laying
Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, places a wreath on the gravesite of Gen. Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps, during a wreath-laying ceremony at Grace Church of West Feliciana Cemetery in St. Francisville, La., Nov. 10, 2014. The ceremony is part of an annual Marine Corps-wide tradition where Marines lay wreaths on the gravesites of former commandants and sergeants major of the Marine Corps. Barrow served as the Corps' commandant from 1979 to 1983 and distinguished himself during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by GySgt. Katesha Washington/Released)