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 Staff Sgt. Christopher Bruce
Woman Thanks Oklahoma Guardsman for Saving Her Life
145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
April 16, 2015 | 2:30
Sgt. Kevin Painter drove up to the scene of man stabbing his pregnant girlfriend and wedged his car between the two before the woman sustained serious injuries. The man then jumped off a bridge into a river. Produced by Staff Sgt. Christopher Bruce. Includes soundbites from Sgt. Kevin Painter, who stopped the knife attack, and Katelyn Powers, the stabbing victim.
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