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 Abel Aungst
B-Roll: US, Tunisia conduct water purification in support of African Lion 2025
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
April 28, 2025 | 0:57
U.S. and Tunisian Armed Forces conduct water purification operations during exercise African Lion 2025 (AL25) at the Port of Gabes, Tunisia, April 25, 2025. U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 240th Combat Sustainment Company, 95th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, based in Baumholder, Germany, extract Mediterranean Sea water, purifying it into potable water for units supporting the exercise. AL25 is set to be the largest annual military exercise in Africa, bringing together over 40 nations, including seven NATO allies and 10,000 troops to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) on behalf of the U.S. Africa Command, AL25 takes place from April 14 to May 23, 2025, across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. This large-scale exercise will enhance our ability to work together in complex, multi-domain operations—preparing forces to deploy, fight and win. (U.S Army Reserve video by Sgt. 1st Class Abel M. Aungst)

Shot List:
(00:00:00.00) Port panning shot
(00:00:07.00) Water filtration close up
(00:00:14.03) Water filtration medium shot
(00:00:20.22) Water filtration long shot
(00:00:31.04) Sample collection Close up
(00:00:38.19) Sample collection medium shot
(00:00:43.11) Sample collection long shot
(00:00:51.08) U.S. Soldier interactions with Tunisian soldier
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