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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NYARNG 1st Battalion 69th Infantry Regiment Early morning St Patrick's Day March 3/17/22
New York National Guard
March 21, 2022 | 0:30
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, march in the early morning hours towards St Patrick’s Cathedral to attend a special St Patrick’s Day mass service which honors the regiments fallen and honors its Irish heritage prior to the annual NYC St Patrick’s Day parade on March 17, 2022. The 69th Infantry started the day, full of tradition, at 6 a.m. with a whiskey toast and then to the parade, after the cathedral service, where city officials estimated more than 2 million showed up to watch which has been held every year since 1762, with the 69th leading it since 1851. (Video by NYS Division of Military and Naval Affairs, New York Guard Capt. Mark Getman)
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