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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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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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MARFORRES Celebrates 244th U.S. Navy Birthday
Senior Chief Petty Officer Lanna Begnaud, left, the senior enlisted leader for 4th Marine Division, and Gregg T. Habel, right, the executive director of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, cut the Navy’s ceremonial birthday cake at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Oct. 11, 2019. MARFORRES is comprised of active and reserve Marines and Sailors, both groups are crucial to our mission and neither could succeed without the other. MARFORRES has a total of 1,554 U.S. Navy Sailors, who are geographically dispersed across 160 sites to include the continental U.S., Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Leslie Alcaraz)