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 Senior Airman Kevin Nious
B-roll: Djibouti Herd Health Engagement
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
March 20, 2024 | 6:40
Members of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa and the 406th Air Expeditionary Wing team up with volunteers from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa to provide vaccinations and medical care to animals in Ali Oune, Djibouti, Jan 31, 2024. The event was part of an ongoing Herd Health Vaccination Engagement project designed to protect Djiboutian livestock against a deadly plague. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Senior Airman Kevin Nious)

(:00 - :30) Service members set up fencing for animals)
(:32 - :56) Service members prepare files of medicine for animal vaccinations
(:56 - 1:21) Goats enclosed in fencing waiting to be treated
(1:21 - 1:32) Donkey receives oral injection
(1:32 - 3:00) Camel receives treatment from Djiboutian government official
(3:00 - 3:22) Goats and sheep herded toward fencing
(3:22 - 4:47) Goats receiving oral treatment
(4:47 - 5:00) Goat receives injection
(5:00 - 5:25) b-roll of goats and sheep
(5:25 - 6:40) Goats and sheep herd released from fence back to owner
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