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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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Funeral Service for Lt.Gen. John H. Miller
U.S. Marines pay final respects to deceased Lt. Gen. John H. Miller (ret.) at Aggie Field of Honor and Memorial Cemetery, College Station, Texas, Dec. 5, 2025. Lt. Gen. Miller (ret.), highly decorated Marine, served loyally for nearly four decades in the United States Marine Corps. He began his career in 1943, enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserve, attended and commissioned as a Marine Corps officer out of Texas A&M and retired as a Lt. Gen., serving in three different wars. He served valiantly earning a Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart Medal among other military awards. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Donnell Brown)

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