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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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Reserve Marines Support Exercise Raven 22-5
U.S. Marines assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve secure a position during a simulated-fire raid during exercise Raven 22-5 in Lacombe, Louisiana, May 13, 2022. Raven is a routine exercise that tests Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Marines with realistic training scenarios that maintains a readiness posture against the various situations they may encounter while deployed. Reserve Marines from 24th Marine Regiment trained alongside MARSOC during exercise Raven 22-5 by assisting as a partnered force during the simulated raid. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trystan Taft)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Trystan Taft |  VIRIN: 220513-M-FJ130-1141.JPG