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 Sgt. 1st Class Deziree Lau
Drexel Dragon's Army ROTC Minuteman Recipients
99th Readiness Division
Oct. 27, 2021 | 1:46
Drexel University Cadets share their stories on being awarded the Minuteman Scholarship. The Minuteman Campaign is a 4 year Guaranteed Forces Duty scholarship which covers full tuition and fees or room and board at colleges and universities served by an Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. In return, the awardee is guaranteed a commission into the U.S. Army Reserve with an eight-year service obligation.

Cadets Ott, Goodman, and Bush were part of the Drexel Army ROTC Cadet Team that participated in the 2021 Ranger Challenge hosted by 2nd Brigade, Oct. 22 - 24 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

INTERVIEWS:
Maj. Paul Carroll, S3 officer-in-charge, 2nd Freedom Brigade
Lt. Col. Charlie Wilson, Professor of Military Science, Drexel University ROTC
Cadet Ryan Ott, Army ROTC (Reserve), Drexel University
Cadet Naya Goodman, Army ROTC (National Guard), Drexel University
Cadet Madison Bush, Army ROTC (Reserve), Drexel University
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