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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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Marines with Anti-Tank Training Company fire TOW Missiles on a JLTV near Fort Smith, Arkansas
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Samuel Wallace, an anti-tank missile gunner for Anti-Tank Training Company, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve inspects a Tube-Launched Optically-Tracked Wire-Guided (TOW) weapon system missile before a live-fire exercise at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Arkansas, March 3, 2023. The inspection of the missile is to ensure no foreign objects are inside before firing. The Marines of AT Company fired the TOW weapon system from a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) to familiarize themselves with the safety and firing procedures associated with it. Wallace is a native of Muskogee, Oklahoma. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan L. Gonzalez)

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