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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 1/23 conduct AAC
Lance Cpl. Andre Giordon (left) and Lance Cpl. Benjamin Strube (center), scout observers with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, and Cpl. Jonathan Azali (right), a radio operator with 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, begin configuring a Cobham COM201B low-band VHF antenna to establish communication for leaders of Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th MARDIV, during Integrated Training Exercise 4-18, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 17, 2018. ITX 4-18 provides Marine Air-Ground Task Force elements an opportunity to undergo service-level competency assessments so that they can seamlessly integrate with active duty Marines in the event of a crises that requires a rapid response. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson/Released)