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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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Marine Transport Squdaron 1 Celebrates their 73rd Birthday
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carl Woods, the senior-enlisted leader with Marine Transport Squadron 1 (VMR-1), cuts the birthday cake during the 73rd Birthday Celebration for VMR-1 on Naval Air Station (NAS) Joint Reserve Base (JRB) Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 04, 2024. The celebration was held to recognize the impact VMR-1 has had on the Fleet Marine Corps, Marine Corps Installation Command and the Marine Corps over the past 73 years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kree Laing)

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