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 Staff Sgt. Jon Cortez
B-Roll: US, multinational partners participate in graduation ceremony during African Lion 2025
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
May 25, 2025 | 1:06
U.S. service members, Ghana Armed Forces, and other multinational partners, participate in a graduation ceremony during African Lion 2025 (AL25), May 16, 2025, in Tamale, Ghana. AL25, the largest annual military exercise in Africa, brings together over 50 nations, including seven NATO allies and 10,000 troops to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) on behalf of the U.S. Africa Command, AL25 takes place from April 14 to May 23, 2025, across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. This large-scale exercise will enhance our ability to work together in complex, multi-domain operations—preparing forces to deploy, fight and win. (U.S. Army Reserve video by Staff Sgt. Jon Cortez)

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(00:00:00) CLOSE SHOT: Advisor patch on GAF soldier
(00:04:29) MEDIUM SHOT: Multinational partners sitting during ceremony speech
(00:07:42) MEDIUM/LONG SHOT: U.S. Army Lt. Col. Obadiah Brian talking at podium during ceremony
(00:10:53) MEDIUM SHOT: Colonel Frank Gyabi-Abrokwah, talking at podium during ceremony
(00:16:45) MEDIUM SHOT: Brig. Gen. John LeBlanc giving coins to multinational partners
(00:19:37) CLOSE SHOT: U.S. soldier receiving coin
(00:23:39) MEDIUM SHOT/LONG SHOT: Brig. Gen. John LeBlanc giving COA to Armed Forces of Côte d’Ivoire soldier
(00:26:41) MEDIUM SHOT: Brig. Gen. John LeBlanc giving COA to Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces soldier
(00:29:11) MEDIUM SHOT: Brig. Gen. John LeBlanc giving COA to Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces soldier
(00:34:05) MEDIUM SHOT: Brig. Gen. John LeBlanc giving COA to GAF soldier
(00:37:17) MEDIUM SHOT: Brig. Gen. John LeBlanc giving COA to GAF soldier
(00:40:21) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. soldier talking/shaking hands with GAF soldier
(00:42:29) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. and GAF soldiers posing together for pictures
(00:45:33) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. and GAF soldiers posing together for pictures
(00:48:06) MEDIUM SHOT: Multinational partners posing together for pictures
(00:52:00) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. and GAF soldiers posing together for pictures
(00:54:10) MEDIUM SHOT: Brig. Gen. John LeBlanc addresses media
(00:58:10) MEDIUM SHOT: Colonel Frank Gyabi-Abrokwah addresses media
(01:03:05) LONG SHOT: Multinational partners posing together in front of Ghana Air Force Training Command building
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