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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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Partner Nations Train in Non-Lethal Weapons
Sgt. Maj. Sasha Toshevski, first sergeant and non-lethal weapons instructor with the Macedonian Special Forces Regiment, instructs a Bosnian soldier on shotgun loading techniques while training in a non-lethal weapons class, during exercise Platinum Wolf 2016 at Peacekeeping Operations Training Center South Base in Bujanovac, Serbia, May 13, 2016. Seven countries including Bosnia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia, and the United States joined together to enhance their ability to work together and master the use on non-lethal weapons systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham)