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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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TACP Primer Course on Fort Pickett

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Seth Tufvesson, the air officer for 23rd Marine Regiment, from San Diego, California, advises Lance Cpl. Steve Vasquez, a field radio operator with Headquarters Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, from Garden Grove, California, during a tactical air control party (TACP) primer course on Fort Pickett, Virginia, Feb. 2, 2022. Tuffeson, a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) instructor, helped facilitate a tactical air control party (TACP) primer course for Marines who are preparing to attend formal schooling to earn the additional military occupational specialty of JTAC or joint fires observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Stanfield)
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