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 Lance Cpl. Alexandria Nowell
The Naha Tug-of-war
Marine Corps Installations Pacific
Oct. 14, 2019 | 1:29
U.S. Marine Sgt. Trevor Evan, with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, attends the 49th annual Tug-of-war festival in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. The event draws some 275,000 attendees annually and is a battle between the East and West teams. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Alexandria Nowell)
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