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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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4th ANGLICO Marines take on Exercise African Lion
U.S. Marine Cpl. Pedro Mena, a radio operator with 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Demarcus Harrison, a joint terminal attack controller with 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron, ensure that two A/N PRC-152 Multiband Handheld Radios are operable during exercise African Lion 2019 at the Aoreora range near Tan Tan, Morocco, March 27, 2019. African Lion is an annual, multinational, joint-force exercise designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating a strong partnership between nation’s militaries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tessa D. Watts)