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 Cpl. Migel Reynosa
B-Roll: Steel Knight 23.2: I MEF Marines, Sailors rehearse medical, weapons training
1st Marine Division
Dec. 4, 2023 | 2:21
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and Combat Logistics Battalion 5, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct medical and weapons training during a mission rehearsal exercise as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Nov. 30, 2023. Steel Knight maintains and sharpens I Marine Expeditionary Force as America's expeditionary force in readiness - organized, trained and equipped to respond to any crisis anytime, anywhere. This exercise will certify 5th Marines to be foward-postured in Australia as Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, a six-month deployment during which Marines train with Australian allies and facilitate rapid response to crises and contingencies. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Migel A. Reynosa)
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