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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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MARFORRES Marines awarded at annual logistics award ceremony
Lt. Gen. Michael G. Dana, Deputy Commandant of Installations and Logistics, speaks about the value of the logistics community in the Marine Corps at the Marine Corps Association and Foundation's 14th annual Ground Logistics Awards Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia, March 22, 2018. Competing against every logistics unit in the Marine Corps, MWSS-473 has, for the first time in the awards history, won the Marine Corps Logistics Organization/Team of the Year for a large unit award for all their humanitarian and relief efforts with hurricane's Harvey and Irma, as well as aide relief for a plane crash in Mississippi. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)