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. Audrey Rampton
31st MEU K-9 handlers teach tactical combat casualty care class aboard USS America in South China Sea
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
April 24, 2020 | 2:18
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 22, 2020) Cpl. Andrew Richter, a military working dog handler with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and native of Charlotte, North Carolina, teaches a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) class aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The TCCC class allowed Marines and Sailors to learn life-saving techniques, bolstering the combat effectiveness of the 31st MEU and the America Expeditionary Strike Group. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S Marine Corps video by Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton)
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