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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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Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 45 conduct engineering projects at Camp Wilson
Lance Cpl. Eli Sommers, a refrigeration and air conditioning technician with Utilities, CLR-45, 4th MLG, ensures a floodlight base is stabilized before raising the light while during Integrated Training Exercise 4-18 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 12, 2018. Marines with the Exercise Support Element of ITX 4-18 provided food service, arrival and departure processing, bulk fuel, camp engineering and camp sustainment services to over 5,500 Marines throughout the course of the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)