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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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Birds of Prey
Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, move to board an MV-22 Osprey during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California on July 28, 2021. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 774 inserted Lima Company as a part of Battalion Distributed Operations Course, a sub-event of ITX that requires close coordination of air and ground assets in a geographically dispersed area of operations. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. David Intriago |  VIRIN: 210728-M-MO302-2013.JPG