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 Davide Dalla Massara
Building Dedication Judd-Metcalfe Fitness Center and Bernstein Pool Dedication
Training Support Activity Europe
July 10, 2015 | 4:42
Families, friends and paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade dedicated the Fitness Center at Caserma Del Din July 8, 2015 as the Judd-Metcalfe Fitness Center and it's pool as the Bernstein Pool. The facilities are named for three paratroopers from the brigade killed in combat and posthumously awarded the Silver Star for valor: 1st Lt. Donald Judd in Vietnam in 1967, Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Metcalfe in Afghanistan in 2012 and 1st Lt. David Bernstein in Iraq in 2003. The ceremony was attended by families of those paratroopers as well. (U.S. Army Video by Visual Information Specialist Davide Dalla Massara/Released)
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