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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Video by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza
Battling the Mendocino Complex Fires
California National Guard Primary
Aug. 10, 2018 | 0:47
Capt. John R. Farrell of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) provides this Aug. 10 video of a successful water drop during the Mendocino Complex Fire. Farrell is the military flight liaison aboard a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk piloted by U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kenneth Gatewood and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Yoder of Cal Guard's Fresno Flight Activity.The Ranch and River fires, burning adjacent to each other in Lake, Colusa and Mendocino counties, California, have scorched more than 300,000 acres since igniting July 27. (U.S. Army National Guard video compiled by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)
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