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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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Photos belonging to retired Sgt. Maj. Edward F. Neas are spread out to be shared with fellow Vietnam War veterans and Marine Forces Reserve leaders in Edinburg, Texas, Jan. 14, 2019. The featured photo is of Sgt. Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez and Gunnery Sgt. John L. Canley during the Vietnam War. Dolia Gonzalez was presented the Medal of Honor awarded to her son, Sgt. Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez, October 1969. Canley was awarded the Medal of Honor, October 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tessa D. Watts)