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 Crowd Control Formations
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific
Aug. 13, 2014 | 5:53
Service members from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and U.S. Marines with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Headquarters Group conduct riot formation rehearsals at Fort Bonifacio, Philippines during the Non-Lethal Weapons Executive Seminar 2014 on Aug. 12, 2014. The effective use of non-lethal weapons can be extremely valuable during rescue missions, for force protection in civil disturbances, while controlling rioting and prisoners of war, for checkpoint of convoy operations, HA/DR operations, or in situations in which civilians are used to mask a military attack. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Robert Bush)
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