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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I Have a Dream: MLK Day 2025
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Jan. 7, 2025 | 1:00
Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed on Jan. 20, 2025, and in this video U.S. service members speak on the topic of the federal holiday. King was born Jan. 15, 1929, and was assassinated April 4, 1968. He was an American Baptist minister, activist, political philosopher, and chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement advancing civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolent resistance. King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial August 28, 1963. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Magen M. Reeves)
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