ALASKA--U.S. Marines with 5th Battalion 11th Marine Regiment load a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) onto a New York Air National Guard LC-130H assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing during U.S. Northern Commands Exercise Arctic Edge. Arctic Edge 2020 is a North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command exercise scheduled every two years. The exercise focuses on training experimentation techniques tactics and procedures development for Homeland Defense operations in an Arctic environment. Arctic Edge 20 provides opportunities to validate Arctic capabilities. The 109th Airlift Wing sent 65 Airmen and two planes to the exercise
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NY National Guard In the News
Yonkers Times -- Wed, 15 Oct 2025 New York Army National Guard Soldiers deploying to Southern Border to assist Border Patrol One hundred and eighty-eight New York Army National Guard Soldiers are deploying to the southern border on federal orders to support the U.S. Border Patrol mission to prevent unauthorized... (more)
Army.mil -- Tue, 14 Oct 2025 NY National Guard experts mentor Swedish division staff during exercise ENKPING, Sweden In 1997, there were seven division headquarters in the Swedish Army, the Svenska Armen. By 2000, with the Cold War over, there were none. Swedens Army was now built around... (more)
The Arctic Today -- Mon, 06 Oct 2025 Under the radar, Americas Arctic diplomacy is gaining traction: Commentary It would be easy to feel discouraged about Americas standing in the diplomatic world. Statements from Washington about Greenland and two Arctic partners, Canada and Denmark, have been anything... (more)