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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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Marines attend Corporals Course at Fort Custer Training Center
U.S. Reserve Marines with the 6th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 4th Marine Logistics Group, pose for a class photo while attending Corporals Course, at Fort Custer Training Center, (FCTC) Michigan National Guard Base, Augusta, Michigan, July 25, 2022. Marines assigned to units across 6th ESB attended the reserve Corporals Course, which is designed to provide the warfighting skills, core values and mindset necessary for effective leadership of a team and subordinate Marines and used FCTC due to location, amenities, and facilities offered at FCTC. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Eichaker)

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