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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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CMC awards Reserve Career Planner of the Year
Marine recruiters, prior service recruiters, drill instructors, combat instructors, career planners and athletes of the year stand at attention at the annual Commandant of the Marine Corps’ 2016 Combined Awards Ceremony, Feb. 8, 2017, in Quantico, Va. Staff Sgt. Christin J. McAdams (right), the Active Reserve Career Planner of the Year, with 6th Communications Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, along with Staff Sgt. Jaim W. Bourg(center), the runner-up, with 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, were both awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for their hard work and dedication.