JustifiedAccord

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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The Maneuver and Fires Integration Experiment at Fort Sill 2023

24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element

Nov. 17, 2023 | 1:29

U.S. Army Pfc. Samarion Hicks, a public affairs specialist assigned to the 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element, 1st Armored Division, reports from Fort Sill, Okla., during the annual Maneuver and Fires Integration Experiment, also known as MFIX. The event was held from October 23 through November 2, and it is part of the U.S. Army's overarching effort to remain at the forefront of technological innovation and warfighting ability. (U.S. Army video by Pfc. Samrion Hicks)

The purpose of the event is to learn and test new military capabilities and to validate those capabilities. Established in 2014, MFIX is the primary live experiment spearheaded by the Fires Battle Lab, under the Fires Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate, or Fires CDID, based at Fort Sill, Okla.

Fires CDID, a directorate under Army Future Command, plays a critical role in transforming the U.S. Army by developing initial concepts and requirements for future fires — including air and missile defense, field artillery, and counter-unmanned aerial systems — and refining those ideas through experimentation and capability management.