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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Videos
Video by Walter Talens
Tenth Wideband Global SATCOM Launch to Space (w/ lower third graphics)
Space Systems Command
May 13, 2019 | 2:28
Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) launched its tenth Wideband Global SatCom (WGS) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The satellite is a partnership between the US Air Force and US Army. The launch completes the WGS constellation originally planned and becomes the highest military communication system in the United States. The video interviews personnel from SMC, the US Army, and Boeing. This launch is also the second-to-last launch for the Delta IV rocket before it’s retirement from service.

TRT w/ PAD – 02:27
TRT w/o PAD – 02:16

Interview in order of appearance:

Steven K. Hayden
Chief Engineer and Program Manager, Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)
Space & Missile Systems Center
Hometown: Cecilia, Kentucky

COL. Enrique Costas, US Army
Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission System (PM DCATS)
Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, U.S. Army
Hometown: Ponce, Puerto Rico

Dan Ravenscroft
Program Manager, Wideband Global Satellite
Boeing
Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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