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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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MWSS-473 conduct FARP operation at Maple Flag 50
COLD LAKE, AB, CANADA – Lance Cpl. Devin Persons, a crash fire rescue Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, mans the hose as Lance Cpl. Taylor Bivona (front) and Lance Cpl. Casey Davson (rear), crash fire rescue Marines with MWSS-473, 4th MAW, MARFORRES, run to rescue simulated casualties from a burning aircraft at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake during exercise Maple Flag 50, June 1, 2017. Crash fire rescue is an essential aviation ground support requirement MWSS-473 provides to designated fixed-wing and rotor-wing components of an aviation combat element. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)