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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U.S. Army Sgt. Turner Emberton, an air assault instructor with the 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy, discusses basic terminology often used when explaining knots and its components on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Nov. 8, 2021. The Lightning Academy develops combat-ready leaders through rigorous and demanding training to include the Jungle Operations Training Course, Lightning Academy Air Assault Course, Rappel Master Course, and others, in an effort to maintain 25th Infantry Division’s lethal presence in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Army Video by Spc. Matthew Mackintosh, 28th Public Affairs Detachment)
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