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 Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Previc
Anchors Aweigh lyric video, instrumental
Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
Oct. 12, 2022 | 2:06
Lyric video of modern verses for “Anchors Aweigh” over 1993 performance by the U.S. Navy Band of original instrumental orchestration by Charles A. Zimmerman, with minor audio editing to include all three verses.

Full recording at the Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.100010415/

Lyrics at the United States Naval Academy:
https://www.usna.edu/USNABand/about/anchors.php

Photograph of “Plaque of seal: Navy Department” at Naval History and Heritage Command:
https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-654000/80-G-654064.html

U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Previc
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