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.

   

 

Justified Accord Images
Press Information

 

Videos
Video by Cpl. Ernesto Lagunes
NMCB 5 airfield damage repair training on Kadena AB
AFN Okinawa
Nov. 17, 2024 | 1:00
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jake Hagan, the training and readiness officer for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, speaks about bilateral airfield damage repair training held at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 24, 2024. U.S. service members and Japan Self-Defense Forces service members trained together on using construction equipment, tools, portable equipment and temporary surfacing material to provide a minimum operating surface using expedient repair methods in any environment, including austere, overseas and deployed locations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ernesto Lagunes)
More