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Marines


Arctic Edge 2026

Artic Edge 26
VMR-1 and 2/14 HIRAIN
The Arctic

 

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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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SES Aaron Tooke meets with MIU leadership
Mr. Aaron Tooke, Information Intelligence Mission Manager, Deputy Commandant for Information, poses for a photo with Marines assigned to the Marine Innovation Unit (MIU) during a visit in White Plains, New York, Nov. 21, 2024. Throughout their week-long annual training period, MIU Marines had the opportunity to engage with senior leaders and discuss how MIU provides value to the total force and accelerates innovation across the Marine Corps. Tooke also holds a role as a colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve where he currently serves as the Reserve Assistant Chief of Staff to the commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)

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