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 Lance Cpl. Diego Berumen, Cpl. Anita Ramos, Cpl. Jaye Townsend, Lance Cpl. Andrew Whistler
20 years later: Remembering the second battle of Fallujah
1st Marine Division
Nov. 7, 2024 | 12:13
A video created in Adobe Premiere Pro 2021 to tell the story of the 20th anniversary of the second battle of Fallujah from the viewpoint of two retired Marines who served with 1st Marine Division at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 6, 2024. The second battle of Fallujah, also known as Operation Phantom Fury, was a joint military effort carried out Nov. 7-Dec. 23, 2004, by American, British and Iraqi forces meant to eliminate Islamic insurgents in the city. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Atticus Martinez, Cpl. Jaye Townsend, Cpl. Anita Ramos, Lance Cpl. Andrew Whistler, and Lance Cpl. Diego Berumen) (This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Dry Ice composed by Victory Flags/FineTune Music/stock.adobe.com, Aurora Borealis composed by Grégoire Lourme/Jamendo/stock.adobe.com, and The Epical composed by Brain Alien/Music Revolution/stock.adobe.com)
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