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. 1st Class Shane Smith
Drones used to call for artillery fire
166th Regiment - Regional Training Institute
Nov. 22, 2024 | 1:44
The capabilities of the 166th Regiment - Regional Training Institute's 1st and 2nd Battalions melded during a unique artillery live-fire training exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Nov. 15, 2024. During the exercise, several models of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, more commonly known as drones, were used to acquire data of targets to be engaged with artillery fire. This data was used to submit a call for fire to instructors and students with 2nd Battalion, who engaged identified targets with artillery fire using M119, M777 and M109A6 howitzers. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Smith)
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