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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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Phone:     (504) 697-9339
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Marines with MAGTF-23 support Active Component vehicle maintenance
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dagin Johnson, an automotive maintenance technician, assigned to Truck Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, poses for a portrait during Integrated Training Exercise 4-22 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 26, 2022. Johnson, from Ogden, Utah, performs aircraft maintenance with the U.S. Air Force as a civilian. “I never really wanted to actually get out [of the Marine Corps], but I wanted to try my own thing. I went back to the Reserves because I missed the boys. I missed doing my job with my guys. All in all, it's just the cohesion, the camaraderie, that you don't get on the outside. You know how Marines are: we're brothers.” Marines and Sailors with Marine Air Ground Task Force 23 maintain various civilian careers while continuing to answer the irrational call to service in the Marine Corps Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Stanfield)
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Photo by: Cpl. James Stanfield |  VIRIN: 220726-M-BD822-1050.JPG
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