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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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Tradewinds 23: Jungle Amphibious Training School
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mark Rodriguez, a squad leader with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, conducts movement drills while attending Jungle Amphibious Training School (JATS) during Tradewinds 2023 at Jungle Area Training Site, Guyana, July 18, 2023. Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise designed to strengthen partnerships and interoperability, promote human rights, as well as increase all participants’ training capacity and capability to mitigate, plan for and respond to crises and security threats. Rodriguez is a native of South Hadley, Massachusetts and is currently a State Trooper. Rodriguez also graduated from South Hadley High School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by. Cpl. Ryan Schmid)

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