JustifiedAccord

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 Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

Iowa Air Guard member serves as coach mentor for hometown track team

185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard

April 25, 2023 | 4:24

B-roll video shows Air National Guard member, Lt. Col. Jennifer Carlson running and coaching her high school track team in Lawton, Iowa.

Carlson works full time as the 185th Air Refueling Wing Deputy Support Group Commander at the Iowa Air National Guard unit in Sioux City, Iowa.
She is an avid runner who says she started running in high school and never stopped.

Carlson has taken her enthusiasm for running beyond the gravel roads of rural Lawton, Iowa where she lives. Carlson recently qualified for the 2023 U.S. Triathlon Nationals after achieving a qualifying time in her age group for the event.

She said she often runs distant races around the nation with her husband Adam who is also a member of the Air National Guard. Carlson said she and her husband plan meetings at different events around the nation.

Carlson said she has been enjoying volunteering this spring as the long-distance track coach with the Lawton-Bronson high school track team. She said her goal is to get the kids interested in fitness and get them moving.

When she is not coaching students, Carlson has also put together a neighborhood walking club in Lawton where the group meets three mornings each week to walk together.