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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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Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic actions
Cpl. David Qualls (left), a motor transport assistant operations chief with Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, Lt. Col. Vincent Dawson (center), the executive officer of Marine Aircraft Group 41, Marine Forces Reserve, and Sgt. Maj. Christopher Thomas, the Inspector-Instructor sergeant major at 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, MARFORRES, stand at attention as Qualls’ Navy and Marine Corps Award citation is read at the 1/23 headquarters in Houston, Texas, May 20, 2017. In 2014, Qualls and other Marines helped save a man stuck inside a burning vehicle. According to the award summary, had he not arrived when he did, the man would have surely died. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

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Photo by: Cpl. Dallas Johnson |  VIRIN: 170520-M-WQ182-003.JPG