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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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Task force Marines increase unit readiness with small unmanned aircraft system training
Sgt. Adrian Ortiz, an intelligence analyst with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, looks inside a vehicle operator hand controller during an RQ-11B Raven Operator Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 27, 2020. SPMAGTF-SC Marines participated in the course to test their knowledge and skills when employing a small unmanned aircraft system. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF-SC are conducting a variety of pre-deployment training events and qualifications in order to enhance crisis response preparedness. These events assist the Marines and Sailors with providing security cooperation training and engineering projects alongside partner nation military forces in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ortiz is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)