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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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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
Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (right), commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, congratulates Cpl. Shereka K. Slater (left), an administrative specialist with Marine Forces Reserve Installation Personnel Administration Center, who received the Navy League of the United States Greater New Orleans Council’s Marine of the Year Award for Marine Forces Reserve at “A Taste’n Toast to Our Armed Services” event at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, July 30, 2016. The award was presented to Slater for her outstanding service to MARFORRES. 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)