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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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3rd Battalion, 14th Marines Fire M777 Howitzers During Exercise Dynamic Front 19
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael T. Gambino, an ammunition technician with Hotel Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, waits for Marines to receive ammo at Adazi Training Area, Latvia, March 2, 2019, in support of exercise Dynamic Front 19. Reserve units from across 14th Marine Regiment are the only U.S. Marine Corps units participating in DF19. Approximately 3,200 participants from 27 nations will take part in the live-fire portion of exercise Dynamic Front 19, March 2-9, 2019, at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany; as well as in Riga, Latvia; and Torun, Poland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)