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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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A marine stands next to a wreath at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2012. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
Corporal Stephen Jensen, a U.S. Marine assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron-471, Marine Forces Reserve, participates in a ceremony here marking the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The ceremony, coinciding with events in New York City and Washington, D.C., featured a wreath-laying at a memorial for United Airlines Flight 93, remarks by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and was attended by roughly 150 family members and guests. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

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