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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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Navy League Recognizes Sailor, Marine and Coast Guardsman of the Year
Service members from units in the New Orleans area are recognized as the Sailor, Marine and Coast Guardsman of the Year for their respective units by the Navy League of the United States Greater New Orleans Council at “A Taste’n Toast to Our Armed Services” event at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, July 30, 2016. Cpl. Shereka K. Slater (left), an administrative specialist with Marine Forces Reserve Installation Personnel Administration Center, received the Marine of the Year Award for Marine Forces Reserve. The Navy League is comprised of 40,000 civilians in more than 240 councils around the world working to support sea service members and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released)

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