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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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Chalmette Memorial Day 2016
Sgt. Moises Alaniz and Cpl. Joshua Hernandez, Marines from Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, walk in between the tombstones of fallen service members during a Memorial Day volunteer event at Chalmette National Cemetery in Chalmette, La., May 27, 2016. The National Park was built on the grounds of the Battle of New Orleans which took place at the end of the War of 1812. It is now the final resting place for over 15,300 veterans of American military campaigns from the Civil War to the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan A. Barnett)

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