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 Sgt. Keaton Habeck
Cobra Gold 24 | MAJ Ashley Coffey
I Corps
March 7, 2024 | 2:20
MAJ Ashley Coffey, an information officer assigned to Special Operations Detachment - Pacific (SOD-P), tells the story of her father, a former Air Force Special Operations Command loadmaster, who served in Cobra Gold in 1989 and participated in 9 total iterations of the exercise. She is proud to continue her family’s legacy, not only for her family, but for the Washington Army National Guard as well. Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd iteration, is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Keaton Habeck)
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