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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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Jessica Jenson, reacts to seeing the name of her late husband, Sgt. Chad E. Jenson, on a marble monument honoring the fallen Marines and sailor, lost in a 2017 plane crash near Itta Bena, Miss., Jul 14, 2018. More than 200 relatives and friends of the 16 people who died aboard the flight with the call sign Yanky 72, joined by countless county residents and military supporters at the ceremonies on campus of Mississippi Valley State University and across the street. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)