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 Cpl. Angel Serna
1st Tanks Bring the Boom to Steel Knight
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Dec. 21, 2015 | 1:47
Marines with 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, participate in Exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 3-14, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Steel Knight allows 1st Marine Division and participating elements to meet current and future real-world operational demands. Produced by Marine Cpl. Angel Serna. Includes soundbites from Lt. Col. Lee Rush, from Shortsville, N.Y., commanding officer, 1st Tank Battalion; 2nd Lt. Ryan Montgomery, from Cleveland, Ohio, platoon commander; and, Maj. Dick Steele, from St. Paul, Minn., operations officer, 1st Tank Battalion.
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