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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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MAGTF-23 command team visits MAW assets supporting ITX 4-22
Col. Quintin Jones (left), commanding officer of Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23, presents a challenge coin to Cpl. Caesar Cuevas, an aviation ordnance systems technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 764, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., on July 21, 2022. Col. Jones and Sgt. Maj. Roberto Alviso, MAGTF-23 Sgt. Maj., visited 4th Marine Aircraft Wing Marines participating in Integrated Training Exercise 4-22 and thanked them for their continued dedication to duty and the Marine Corps Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Teutsch)

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