{"id":17219,"date":"2023-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=17219"},"modified":"2023-07-01T06:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T06:42:45","slug":"multinational-partners-converge-in-vicenza-for-justified-accord-2024-initial-planning-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=17219","title":{"rendered":"Multinational partners converge in Vicenza for Justified Accord 2024 initial planning event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Kenyan Air Force Lt. Col. Kelly Opiyo, Kenya’s lead Air Force exercise planner, discusses air integration with Mr. Forrest McKinley, exercise planner (G7), U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), at the initial planning event for exercise Justified Accord 2024 (JA24) held in Vicenza, Italy, June 29, 2023.<\/p>\n

JA24 is U.S. Africa Command\u2019s largest exercise in East Africa. Led by SETAF-AF, this multinational exercise builds readiness for the U.S. joint force, prepares regional partners for UN and AU mandated missions, while also increasing multinational interoperability in support of humanitarian assistance, disaster response and crisis response\u200b. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)
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\n U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jason Porter, deputy chief of exercises (G7), U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), leads a discussion at the initial planning event for exercise Justified Accord 2024 (JA24) in Vicenza, Italy, June 29, 2023.<\/p>\n

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\n Kenya Army Col. Paul Koech, Kenya Defence Force\u2019s senior planner for exercise Justified Accord (JA24), exchanges gifts with U.S. Army Col. Drew Conover, exercise director (G7) with U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF), at the exercise\u2019s initial planning event held in Vicenza, Italy, June 29, 2023.<\/p>\n

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\n Kenyan Defence Forces service members, led by Kenya Army Col. Paul Koech, Kenya’s senior planner for exercise Justified Accord (JA24), listens to a final brief at the exercise\u2019s initial planning event held in Vicenza, Italy, June 29, 2023.<\/p>\n

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\n Kenyan Navy Lt. Col. Ali Shukri, lead planner for Kenyan naval exercises, shakes hands with U.S. Army Col. Drew Conover, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) exercise director (G7), at the initial planning event for exercise Justified Accord 2024 (JA24) held in Vicenza, Italy, June 29, 2023.<\/p>\n

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\n Kenya Army Col. Paul Koech, standing, Kenya Defence Force\u2019s senior planner for exercise Justified Accord (JA24) leads a discussion at the exercise\u2019s initial planning event held in Vicenza, Italy, June 26, 2023.<\/p>\n

JA24 is US Africa Command\u2019s largest exercise in East Africa. Led by US Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), this multinational exercise builds readiness for the U.S. joint force, prepares regional partners for UN and AU mandated missions, while also increasing multinational interoperability in support of humanitarian assistance, disaster response and crisis response\u200b. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)
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VICENZA, Italy \u2013 Hosted by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa<\/a> (SETAF-AF), at Caserma Ederle, approximately 70 multinational partners attended the initial planning event (IPE) for exercise Justified Accord <\/a>2024 (JA24) from June 26 – 30, 2023.<\/p>\n

JA24 builds readiness for the U.S. joint force, prepares regional partners for UN and AU mandated missions, while also increasing multinational interoperability in support of humanitarian assistance, disaster response and crisis response.<\/p>\n

Led by SETAF-AF, JA24 is U.S. Africa Command\u2019s largest exercise in East Africa and will be hosted by the Kenya Defence Forces in Nairobi and Isiolo, Kenya, in late February to early March, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome several partners and allies here in Italy, including a select team of senior KDF planners,\u201d said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jason Porter, deputy chief of exercises (G7), SETAF-AF. \u201cWorking the exercise plan face-to-face helps ensure we\u2019re all on the same page, leading to a more successful exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n

While still early in the process, the week-long planning event highlighted a few brand new additions to the exercise, including tactical combat casualty care of K-9s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe KDF are continuing to increase their usage of military working dogs,\u201d said U.S. Army Maj. Sage Umphries, civil affairs planner for veterinary services, SETAF-AF. \u201cIn areas such as explosive ordnance disposal or counter-trafficking operations, service dogs are invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exercise also features a command post exercise designed for participants to respond to a simulated disaster, an AU staff officer course focused on humanitarian assistance, a defensive cyber course, a medical civil action program, as well as a multinational live-fire field training exercise.<\/p>\n

The field training exercise brings together service members from the U.S., Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Djibouti and the U.K. Activities include troop leading procedures, situational training exercise lanes, counter-improvised explosive device awareness and combined company-level assault activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat strikes me time after time is whenever you put a multinational set of military professionals together, magic starts to happen and plans are put in place,\u201d said Dutch Army Reserve Lt. Col. Cees Van Doorn, JA24 IPE participant and planner, Netherlands Army Command. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen the same thing occur in my civilian environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plans were definitely made, including the lofty goal of combining assets from multinational Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines, as well as integrating two separate exercises.<\/p>\n

JA24 will link with exercise Cutlass Express<\/a> conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa during the same time frame. This AFRICOM<\/a>-sponsored exercise is the largest naval exercise in the Indian Ocean and brings together western Indian Ocean nations and other international partners to share maritime expertise and experience.<\/p>\n

In addition, the British Army will train with the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade, headquartered in Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg), North Carolina. They will combine forces in Kenya by sending their own 11th Security Force Assistance Brigade to advise, support, liaise and assist multinational partner throughout the exercise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very excited to host our multinational partners in Kenya,\u201d said KDF Col. Paul Koech, IPE participant and Kenya\u2019s senior JA24 planner. \u201cThere should be many opportunities to learn from one another within some very nice training environments, such as the Humanitarian Peace Support School in Nairobi and our School of Infantry in Isiolo.\u201d<\/p>\n

About SETAF-AF<\/strong><\/p>\n

SETAF-AF provides\u00a0U.S. Africa Command<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0U.S. Army Europe and Africa<\/a>\u00a0a dedicated headquarters to synchronize Army activities in Africa and scalable crisis-response options in Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n

Follow SETAF-AF on:<\/strong>\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0DVIDS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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