JustifiedAccord

About Justified Accord

Justified Accord is U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise in East Africa. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), this multi-national exercise brings together more than 20 countries from 3 continents to increase partner readiness for peacekeeping missions, crisis response and humanitarian assistance.

Southern European Task Force - Africa leads this joint, all-domain exercise in East Africa to enable future operations, maintain strategic access, and build partner capacity to disrupt malign influence, aggression, and activity.

Justified Accord 25 features the first-ever night iteration of air-to-ground integration (AGI) operations where partner countries control Kenyan air assets to provide air support of multinational land forces.

This years iteration also marks the 10-year anniversary of the State Partnership Program between the Massachusetts National Guard and the Kenya Defence Forces. This milestone highlights a decade of sustained military cooperation, training exchanges and capacity-building efforts between the two forces.

Read the Press Release here.

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Mr. Gary P. Martin - C5ISR Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Inductee

U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command

March 25, 2025 | 7:19

Over a 34-year federal career, Mr. Gary P. Martin worked for various Army missions, primarily in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) organizations, delivering critical information and communication technology capability to the American Soldier. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Martin served as the Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications–Tactical (PEO C3T). Mr. Martin guided a workforce whose mission was to acquire, field and support the communication networks, radios, satellite systems and other hardware and software Soldiers require for information dominance on the battlefield. During his tenure, he was credited with leading a workforce whose contributions were at work every day in every theater of operation. Prior to serving as the PEO C3T, Mr. Martin was the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Deputy to the Commanding General from 2011 to 2015, where he worked with the commander in the development and execution of organizational goals, objectives, and policies to provide world-class, integrated C5ISR solutions to the Soldier. During his service as the CECOM DCG, he received the 2012 Presidential Rank Award – Distinguished Executive, recognizing him for his extraordinary sustained accomplishments as one of the Army’s highest-performing senior executives. He was one of only 46 SES members, out of 6,800, receiving this award. Mr. Martin’s other notable C5ISR leadership positions include serving as the Technical Director, Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) from 2005 through 2008 where he was responsible for science and technology programs developing advanced C5ISR capabilities.