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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2018 Marine Corps Manpower and Personnel Administration award, Personnel Officer of the Year, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Duran J. Sword
Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command
May 9, 2019 | 1:19
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Duran J. Sword, the personnel officer for U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, was presented the 2018 Marine Corps Manpower and Personnel Administration award, Personnel Officer of the Year, by Manpower and Reserve Affairs in Harry Lee Hall aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, May 8, 2019. As director of Camp Elmore Installation Personnel Administration Center, Sword’s individual efforts were critical to the unit achieving a 98 percent success rate of more than 1,300 unit diary certifications responsible for 60,000 individual transactions. Sword also held a vital role during the evacuation of Hurricane Florence. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Pfc. Garett Burns and Sgt. Danielle Prentice/Released)
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