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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Videos
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Griego
Vigilant Guard Tests Homeland Response Force mission
Joint Task Force 136th (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade)
April 19, 2013 | 2:04
In this video, released by Joint Task Force 71 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), the Soldiers and Airmen of the Minuteman Brigade stand up the Homeland Response Force mission in support of Vigilant Guard Arkansas 2013, a joint, multi-agency exercise featuring Guardsmen from Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. The event, held April 15-17 at Camp Gruber near Muskogee, Oklahoma, tested the emergency response personnel on site with a simulated earthquake scenario, requiring three CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Packages rotating through 24-hour operations. Soundbites from John Luther, Lt. Col. Jonathan Ballard, La., Sgt. 1st Class Edward Guerrero, 1st Lt. Jeremy Willis.
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