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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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3rd Battalion, 14th Marines live-fire
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaime Toyos, a field artillery cannoneer with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division, prepares to insert gun powder into a M777-A2 howitzer during an indirect fire exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2016. The exercise was designed to integrate, build relations with 10th Marine Regiment and conduct firing drills on unfamiliar terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Melanye Martinez |  VIRIN: 160331-M-MS784-028.JPG