DEFENDER is the Army’s largest annual opportunity to exercise moving personnel and equipment into theater across modes for initial and follow-on operations critical to Large Scale Combat Operations. Led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the exercise focuses on the strategic deployment of CONUS-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stock and follow-on exercises demonstrating lethality and interoperability with Allies and partners

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B-roll: Multinational troops conduct small unit tactical training during Justified Accord
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
Feb. 18, 2025 | 1:29
Multinational troops from Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and the U.S. conduct small unit tactical training during exercise Justified Accord 2025 (JA25) in Nanyuki, Kenya Feb. 14, 2025. JA25 is the premier U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) exercise in East Africa, designed to enhance multinational combat readiness, strengthen crisis response capabilities and empower allies and partners in the region. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and hosted by Kenya, Djibouti, and Tanzania, JA 25 integrates high-intensity training scenarios that sharpen warfighting skills, increase operational reach and enhance the ability to execute complex joint and multinational operations. The exercise runs from Feb. 10–21, 2025.

(U.S. Army video by Capt. Jennifer French)

(00:00) WIDE SHOT: Multinational troops lying in the prone position
(00:23) MEDIUM SHOT: Zooming out from a Kenyan soldier
(00:40) MEDIUM SHOT: Sky Soldier talking to a Kenyan soldier
(00:48) MEDIUM SHOT: Sky Soldier talking to a Kenyan soldier
(00:52) WIDE SHOT: Row of Kenyan soldiers kneeling
(00:56) MEDIUM SHOT: Tanzanian soldier kneeling
(01:01) MEDIUM SHOT: Kenyan soldier kneeling
(01:04) TIGHT SHOT: JA25 patch
(01:05) MEDIUM SHOT: Sky Soldier
(01:09) MEDIUM SHOT: Kenyan troops
(01:17) MEDIUM SHOT: Sky Soldier
(01:21) MEDIUM SHOT: Kenyan soldiers standing
(01:24) MEDIUM SHOT: Sky Soldier talking to multinational troops
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