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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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“Alaska Marines” deliver toys across northwestern Alaska
Robert Kirk, a trail guide from Noatak, Alaska, poses for a portrait while guiding the Marines with Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, from Noatak to Kotzebue, Alaska, Dec. 14, 2021. The “Alaska Marines” went to Alaska’s Northwest Arctic Borough and traveled by snowmobile and aircraft to dress as Santa Claus and deliver toys to children in remote villages belonging to Alaskan Natives in support of the Toys for Tots program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brendan Mullin)

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