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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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U.S. Marines Participate in Disaster Field Operations Course with Florida College Students
U.S. Marines with 4th Civil Affairs Group and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South participate in a Disaster Field Operations Course (DFOC) hosted by Florida International University at their Biscayne Bay Campus, Florida, July 15-17, 2022. The DFOC is an interagency exercise designed to provide graduate students with experience in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief while in a foreign disaster scenario. Graduate students in the Academy for International Disaster Preparedness program conduct the course at FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine as part of their annual capstone event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Camila Melendez)

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