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 Airman Gabriel Held
U.S. Army Advisors, Civil Affairs train with Mauritanian Army - BROLL Tactical Movement
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
Sept. 10, 2024 | 0:55
U.S. Army Advisors assigned to 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade conduct training with the Armée Nationale Mauritanienne [Mauritanian National Army], in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Running from July 24 - Aug. 22, 2024, the training brings together Mauritanian Army soldiers, U.S. Army advisors from the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade and U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Civil Affairs Soldiers for the first time to conduct a military tactics course to enhance partnerships and relationships between U.S. and Mauritanian armed forces. The course, designed to enhance partnerships and relationships between U.S. and Mauritanian armed forces, included training in combat casualty care, maneuver tactics, techniques, and procedures, and large-scale combat operations planning. (U.S. Department of Defense video by Senior Airman Gabriel Held)

00;00 Medium: Mauritanian soldiers on patrol during exercise
05:00 Medium: Mauritanian soldiers pull security during exercise
08:21 Medium: Mauritanian soldiers pick up a simulated casualty
12:12 Medium: Mauritanian soldiers pick up a simulated casualty
17:07 Medium: Mauritanian soldiers load a simulated casualty into truck during exercise
19:26 Medium-Close: Mauritanian soldiers load a simulated casualty into truck during exercise
26:00 Close: Mauritanian soldier locks the tailgate on truck during exercise
28:25 wide: Mauritanian soldier on security during an exercise
32:26 Medium: Mauritanian soldier on security during an exercise
36:25 Close: Mauritanian soldier on security during an exercise
39:25 Wide: Mauritanian trucks drive by during an exercise
50:08 Medium: Mauritanian trucks drive by during an exercise
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