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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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Michigan National Guard Participate in Operation Safe Harbor 2023

Michigan National Guard

Sept. 20, 2023 | 1:14

U.S. Army Michigan National Guard Soldiers, in cooperation with the Mackinac County Office of Emergency Management, participate in Operation Safe Harbor 2023, a simulated exercise for the mass evacuation of civilian personnel, on Mackinac Island, Mich., September 7, 2023.

The 1437th Engineer Company, based out of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., built a floating port (bridge) utilizing bridge erection boats (BEBs) for the simulated evacuation of Mackinac Island where the current ports would not be able to be accessed.

CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Detachment 1, Company B, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), based out of Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., conducted sling load operations, bringing bridge sections to the engineer company for assembly.

The exercise is intended to evaluate the Mackinac Island evacuation plan established by the Mackinac County Emergency Management team in conjunction with federal, state, and local emergency response teams.

Operation Safe Harbor 23 is the first ever exercise of this type to be executed in Michigan. The exercise included 18 emergency response partners included FEMA, Michigan State Police, Mackinac County Sheriff's Department, the U.S. Coast Guard, and more. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Drake Chandler).