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. William White
101st Airborne Division Soldiers in Art Greenspon's Vietnam photo interviewed for first time since image was taken 49 years ago
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs
Aug. 31, 2017 | 16:51
Dallas Brown, a Vietnam War veteran who served with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division speaks about his experiences during the Vietnam War, Aug 8, 2017, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Brown, along with Tim Winterburg , Watson Baldwin, and Jay Cope, is one of the Soldiers pictured in the famous Vietnam War photograph “Help from Above” by Art Greenspon, considered one of the best images of the conflict. When the photo was taken, Brown was laying on the ground grimacing in pain from an injury sustained during a firefight with the NVA. (U.S Army Video by Sgt. William White)
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