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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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2nd Bn, 23rd Marine Regiment Deployment Homecoming Event
Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Marine Forces Reserve board a bus headed towards Pasadena City Hall in Pasadena, Calif., May 10, 2019. The Reserve Marines are welcomed home after participating in a Unit Deployment Program to Okinawa, Japan, supporting various operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific area of responsibility. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel R. Betancourt Jr.)

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