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. Robert Bush
NOLES: Lt. Daniel Matthews Interview
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific
Aug. 12, 2014 | 3:09
Interview with 1st Lt. Daniel J. Matthews from 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Headquarters Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, about the live-fire portion of the Non-Lethal Weapons Executive Seminar 2014 at Fort Bonifacio, Philippines on Aug. 11, 2014.
Q1: What are we doing today for training?
Q2: What is the benefit of using non-lethal weapons?
Q3: How have the service members and police from the Philippines received the training so far?
Q4: How do the U.S. Marines benefit from this experience?
Q5: What is planned for the rest of the exercise?
Q6: Do you have any closing remarks?
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