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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
eMail:       mfrcommstrat@usmc.mil

 

 

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Marine with Hotel Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, prepare to bed down for the night after a live-fire range at Fort Pickett, Va., July 18, 2020, during Hotel Battery’s annual training. The Marine Corps Reserves was established on Aug. 29, 1916, after President Woodrow Wilson signed the Naval Appropriations Act of 1916. Since then, the Marine Corps Reserves have been called upon in every major conflict as well serving in humanitarian and security operations across the globe. This photo was created by stacking 75 images taken over the span of 45 minutes together. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Niles Lee)