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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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ARFF Conducts a Simulated Aircraft Fire Drill at ITX 3-25
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Oster Owens, a firefighter, with Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing pose for a photo during a simulated aircraft fire-fighting drill at Integrated Training Exercise 3-25, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 17, 2025. ITX is a critical Marine Air-Ground Task Force exercise for the Marine Forces Reserve’s training cycle, confirming unit readiness through live-fire and combined-arm integration. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Edward Spears)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Edward Spears |  VIRIN: 250617-M-KH336-1090.JPG