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 Petty Officer 1st Class Samantha Oblander
USS Dewey conducts operations alongside USS Higgins, USS Howard, USS Ralph Johnson, and JS Kongo
Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15
April 14, 2024 | 1:18
240324-N-CD453-1001 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 24, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) conducts operations alongside Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Higgins (DDG 76), USS Howard (DDG 83), USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Kongo-class destroyer JS Kongo (DDG 173) in the Philippine Sea, March 24-30. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to DESRON 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Samantha Oblander)
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