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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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Phone:     (504) 697-9339
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PTAP Norway 2015
Lance Cpl. Madelyn E. Smith, an automotive organizational mechanic for Combat Logistics Battalion 451, Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, inspects a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle in Trondheim, Norway, June 25, 2015 during the Personnel Temporary Augmentee Program Norway 2015. CLB-451 deployed to Norway during their two-week annual training period. The detachment divided into multiple cave sites where equipment is stored in order to facilitate a simultaneous continuous workflow within each military occupational specialty while working with local Norwegian contracted logistics personnel. By maintaining strategic locations throughout Norway, the program promotes regional security, maintains national interoperability and supports rapid response to crises and contingencies throughout the continents of Europe and Africa.