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. Devin Phommachanh
Cobra Gold 18: Opening Ceremony
III Marine Expeditionary Force
Feb. 14, 2018 | 2:10
Exercise Cobra Gold 2018 officially began with remarks from Pacific Command representative Lieutenant General Lawrence Nicholson, III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand Ambassador Glyn Davies and General Thanchaiyan Srisuwan, Chief of Defense Forces of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. Cobra Gold 18 provides a venue for both United States and partner nations to advance interoperability and increase partner capacity in planning and executing complex and realistic multinational force and combined task force operations. Cobra Gold 18 is an annual exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Thailand held from Feb. 13-21 with seven full participating nations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Devin Phommachanh)
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