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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9th ESB hosts annual Field Engineering Games
AFN Okinawa
May 19, 2025 | 1:00
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Subhan Gasimov, the alpha company platoon sergeant for 9th Engineer Support Battalion, discusses his experience during the 2025 Field Engineering Games hosted by 9th ESB on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 25, 2025. Gasimov spoke about how the annual event brought service members together from across the island to compete in various engineer activities not only to maintain readiness but also to build camaraderie among the different U.S. service branches as well as the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force present at the field meet. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ernesto Lagunes)
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