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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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Address:  2000 Opelousas Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone:     (504) 697-9339
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The Marine Raider Memorial March participants do a set of pushups around the Memorial Marker, after the dedication ceremony, to say a prayer before beginning the 900 mile ruck march from Greenwood, Miss. To Camp Lejeune, N.C., on July 14, 2018. The group of 30 former comrades and widows of members of Marine 2nd Raider Battalion will have rotating teams that will be on the road around the clock through July 27, carrying dirt from the crash site of the fallen Marines and Sailor, back to the home station of Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)