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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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Marine with 3rd ANGLICO sees the world through Marine Corps Reserve
Cpl. Daniel A. Reyes (left), a joint fires observer with 3rd Brigade, 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, kneels alongside Canadian Army Capt. Ethan McDonald (right), a joint terminal attack controller with Y Battery, 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and points out target coordinates on a map at Canadian Manoeuvre Training Center, in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, during exercise Maple Resolve 17, May 26, 2017. During the exercise the Marines from 3rd ANGLICO worked with the Canadian Army, calling simulated artillery to preplanned targets.