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.

   

 

Justified Accord Images
Press Information

 

Videos
Video by Staff Sgt. Drake Chandler
1433rd Combat Engineer Company-Infantry and 147th Aviation Regiment Execute Helocast Training in Camp Grayling
Michigan National Guard
July 2, 2024 | 5:47
U.S. Soldiers of the 507th Engineer Battalion, 1433rd Combat Engineer Company-Infantry and 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment execute helocast training from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during annual training at Camp Grayling, Mich., on June 11, 2024. A helocast is an airborne technique that allows forces to insert into an area by jumping directly from a helicopter into water. Annual training is typically a 15-day training period that allows Soldiers to execute complex training plans in order to increase proficiency in unit essential tasks. Service members of the Michigan National Guard train to strengthen their profession and maintain readiness to win our nation’s wars. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Drake Chandler)
More