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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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23rd Truck Company recognized for excellence during ITX 4-24
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Robert M. Barnhart Jr., commanding officer, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, congratulates Truck Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, on being awarded the 2023 Marine Corps Motor Transport Unit of the Year during Integrated Training Exercise 4-24, Marine Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 26, 2024. Units awarded are evaluated based on mission accomplishment, impact and innovation actions, employment of logistics principles and resources, and unit quality of life program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orion Stpierre)

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