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 Spc. Julian Winston
Sgt. Tristen Jurk Speaks about His Grandfather and the Long March
1st Cavalry Division
Feb. 3, 2025 | 1:32
Sgt. Tristen Jurk, a joint fire support specialist assigned to 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, speaks about the 80th Anniversary of the Long March, a forced march which allied prisoners of war (POWs) endured during World War II, and his great grandfather who was a POW at a different POW Camp, on Forward Operating Site Powidz, Poland, Dec. 20, 2024.
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