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. Joseph Knoch
Baumholder Military Community 80 Year Anniversary Parade 1080p
AFN Kaiserslautern
March 21, 2025 | 1:00
The Baumholder Military Community, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, marched in a parade with the 245th Artillery Regiment, of the Bundeswehr Artillery School and the Idar-Oberstein Artillery school alongside Baumholder district and city Mayors to commemorate the 80th anniversary of a US Armed Forces presence in the city, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
The U.S. Armed Forces first occupied Baumholder on March 18 in 1945, when the 302nd Infantry Regiment, of the 94th Infantry Division, obtained control of the city without any battle actions.
(Defense Media Activity video by Staff Sgt. Joseph E. D. Knoch)
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