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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Dickinson
Coast Guard press briefing for disabled cargo vessel in Brunswick
U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Jacksonville
Sept. 8, 2019 | 4:50
Capt. John Reed, Commander of Coast Guard Sector Charleston, Cmdr. Norm Witt, Commander of Marine Safety Unit Savannah, and Lt. Lloyd Heflin, Sector Charleston, Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator, hold a press briefing for the disabled vessel Golden Ray Sept. 8, 2019, at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Susan Shipman Environmental Learning Center in Brunswick, Georgia. On Sept. 8, at approximately 2 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Charleston watchstanders were notified by the Glynn County 911 dispatch that the Golden Ray, a 656-foot vehicle carrier, had capsized in the St. Simons Sound and the watchstanders immediately issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of multiple Coast Guard assets. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Dickinson)
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