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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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Reserve Marines train for success in culminating event
U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine regiment, 4th Marine Division, conduct a company supported attack during a mission rehearsal training exercise, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, April 12, 2024. The training prepared the Marines for this year’s Integrated Training Exercise 4-24 led by 23rd Marine Regiment, the Marine Corps Reserve’s premiere annual training event held at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twenty-nine Palms, California, and gave them the opportunity to rehearse mission essential ranges prior to the complex ranges they will be running at ITX. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)

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