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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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Joint Fast-Rope Training at Exercise Gunslinger 22
U.S. Army soldiers with 10th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) carry gear after fast-roping out of a CH-53E Super Stallion during an exercise within Gunslinger 22 in Riley, Kansas, June 21, 2022. Marines with 2nd Anglico and soldiers from the 10th ASOS operated alongside one another in a fast-rope exercise within Gunslinger 22. Exercise Gunslinger 22 is a joint exercise with the Kansas Air National Guard and U.S. Marine Corps designed to increase aircraft control and training for potential real-world contingencies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago)

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