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: U.S. Army veterinarians teach canine tactical combat casualty care during Justified Accord
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
Feb. 18, 2025 | 1:10
U.S. Army Maj. Michael White, a veterinarian with the 64th Medical Detachment Veterinary Support Services, 421st Medical Battalion, 30th Medical Brigade, instructs Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) service members on how to apply an intravenous line (IV) to a simulated military working dog during K9 Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at the Humanitarian Peace Support School in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 12, 2025. This training, part of Exercise Justified Accord 2025 (JA25), equips KDF handlers with critical medical skills to administer IV fluids and stabilize injured working dogs in operational environments. JA25 is the premier U.S. Africa Command 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. JA25 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 Sgt. 1st Class Solomon Navarro)

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(00:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldiers teach IV application
(09:11) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldiers teach IV application
(12:22) CLOSE SHOT: Soldier teaches IV application
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(53:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldiers teach IV application
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