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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A Look Inside the Cavitation and Erosion Testing at Carderock that Designs Our Future Fleet

Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Jan. 2, 2025 | 1:55

Engineer Joel Hartenberger highlights the crucial role of Carderock's Model Fabrication Shop at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in an Office of Naval Research project focused on cavitation erosion, June 5, 2024. The shop was responsible for inspecting and modifying a 15,000-pound nickel-aluminum-bronze hydrofoil with a 10-foot span and 7-foot chord length. Following precision machining, the HIFOIL undergoes testing in the Large Cavitation Channel at Carderock's Memphis Detachment, the world's largest variable pressure water tunnel. By analyzing pitting rates and cavitating flow data, engineers from Carderock's Computational Fluid Dynamics and Propulsors Division and Surface Ship Hydrodynamics Division, along with researchers from University of Michigan and University of Memphis, enhance Navy maintenance practices, reduce costs and advance propulsor design. Carderock's collaboration with these key partners helps ensure a maritime-dominant naval force ready for tomorrow's challenges. (U. S. Navy video by Devin Pisner)