U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Arthur McCauley, a combat medic with the 301st Medical Detachment, 912th Field Hospital, 8th Medical Brigade, and U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Alisa Foster, a patient administration specialist with the 912th Field Hospital, 818th Hospital Center, 8th Medical Brigade, check vitals on a Kenyan citizen during a medical civic action program at Justified Accord 2025 (JA25) in Archers Post, Kenya, Feb. 13, 2025. This two-day MEDCAP typically serves between 750-900 patients, while enhancing joint readiness between civilian and military medical providers. JA25 is the premier U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) exercise in East Africa, designed to enhance multinational combat readiness, strengthen crisis response capabilities and empower allies and partners in the region. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and hosted by Kenya, Djibouti, and Tanzania, JA 25 integrates high-intensity training scenarios that sharpen warfighting skills, increase operational reach and enhance the ability to execute complex joint and multinational operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Josiah Jenkins)

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John LeBlanc, deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) assists with administering medicine to a goat during a veterinary civic action program (VETCAP) as part of Justified Accord 2025 (JA25) in Archers Post, Kenya, Feb. 18, 2025. JA25 is the premier U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) exercise in East Africa, designed to enhance multinational combat readiness, strengthen crisis response capabilities and empower allies and partners in the region. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and hosted by Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania, JA25 integrates high-intensity training scenarios that sharpen warfighting skills, increase operational reach and enhance the ability to execute complex joint and multinational operations. The exercise runs from Feb. 10–21, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Josiah Jenkins)

U.S. Army soldiers with the East Africa Response Force (EARF), assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and Tanzania People’s Defense Force (TPDF) service members advance to their position to neutralizing enemy opposition during the culminating field training exercise of exercise Justified Accord 2025 (JA25), at the Msata Military Training Base in Msata, Tanzania, Feb. 15, 2025. JA25 is the premier U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) exercise in East Africa, designed to enhance multinational combat readiness, strengthen crisis response capabilities and empower allies and partners in the region. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and hosted by Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania, JA25 integrates high-intensity training scenarios that sharpen warfighting skills, increase operational reach and enhance the ability to execute complex joint and multinational operations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Knight)

Justified Accord 2026 (JA26) exercise logo designed by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) public affairs office. JA26 is U.S. Africa Command's (AFRICOM) largest annual, multinational exercise in East Africa. The exercise runs February 23 – March 13, 2026, across Djibouti, Kenya and Tanzania. Led by SETAF-AF, this joint, all-domain exercise integrates about 1,500 personnel to build readiness against shared security threats. (U.S. Army graphic by Brian Andries). AI was used in the creation of this video.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade; join 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, 51st Troop Command, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Massachusetts National Guard; the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF); Somalia Danab; Tanzania People's Defence Forces; and 3rd Rifles, 11th Infantry Brigade, 1st (United Kingdom) Division, pose for a group photo while a KDF F5, assigned to the 15th Fighter Wing flies over at the Counter Insurgency Terrorism and Stability Operations center during Justified Accord 2025 (JA25) in Nanyuki, Kenya, Feb. 20, 2025. JA25 is the premier U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) exercise in East Africa, designed to enhance multinational combat readiness, strengthen crisis response capabilities and empower allies and partners in the region. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and hosted by Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania, JA25 integrates high-intensity training scenarios that sharpen warfighting skills, increase operational reach and enhance the ability to execute complex joint and multinational operations. The exercise runs from Feb. 10–21, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kylejian Francia)

U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Richard Smith, an assistant chief nurse with 912th Field Hospital, 818th Hospital Center, 8th Medical Brigade, provides medical assistance to Kenyan citizens during a joint medical civic action program (MEDCAP) with the Kenya Defence Forces as part of exercise Justified Accord 2025 (JA25) at Archers Post, Kenya, Feb. 13, 2025. This two-day MEDCAP typically serves between 750-900 patients, while enhancing joint readiness between civilian and military medical providers. JA25 is the premier U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) exercise in East Africa, designed to enhance multinational combat readiness, strengthen crisis response capabilities and empower allies and partners in the region. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and hosted by Kenya, Djibouti, and Tanzania, JA 25 integrates high-intensity training scenarios that sharpen warfighting skills, increase operational reach and enhance the ability to execute complex joint and multinational operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Josiah Jenkins)

U.S. Army soldiers with the East Africa Response Force (EARF), assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), join U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the Tanzania People’s Defense Force (TPDF) for a group photo, culminating their field training exercise and concluding exercise Justified Accord (JA25), Feb. 15, 2025 at the Masata Military Training Base in Msata, Tanzania. The exercise JA25, is the premier U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) exercise in East Africa, designed to enhance multinational combat readiness, strengthen crisis response capabilities and empower allies and partners in the region. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and hosted in Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania, JA25 integrates high-intensity training scenarios that sharpen warfighting skills, increase operational reach and enhance the ability to execute complex joint and multinational operations. The exercise runs from Feb. 10–21, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Knight)

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Traynor, left, and Spc. Phoenix Brooks, both infantrymen with Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, provide security for an urban operations exercise during Justified Accord 2025 (JA25) at the Counter Insurgency Terrorism and Stability Operations center in Nanyuki, Kenya, Feb. 16, 2025. JA25 is the premier U.S. Africa Command exercise in East Africa, designed to enhance multinational combat readiness, strengthen crisis response capabilities and empower allies and partners in the region. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and hosted in Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania, JA25 integrates high-intensity training scenarios that sharpen warfighting skills, increase operational reach and enhance the ability to execute complex joint and multinational operations. The exercise runs from Feb. 10–21, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kylejian Francia)

A U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) departs, concluding the field training exercise of exercise Justified Accord 2025 (JA25), at the Msata Military Training Base in Msata, Tanzania, Feb. 15, 2025. JA25 is the premier U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) exercise in East Africa, designed to enhance multinational combat readiness, strengthen crisis response capabilities and empower allies and partners in the region. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and hosted by Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania, JA25 integrates high-intensity training scenarios that sharpen warfighting skills, increase operational reach and enhance the ability to execute complex joint and multinational operations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Knight)

AFRICOM senior leadership listen to a exhibitor during a tour of the Tech Expo on Kelley Barracks Feb. 24, 2026.

A Gabonese Defense and Security Forces member takes notes during the Flintlock 26 Final Planning Event in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Feb. 23, 2026. Flintlock 2026 is scheduled to bring together more than 30 countries to build collective readiness, strengthen counter terrorism skills and increase collaboration across borders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Murakami)

Multinational partners finalize exercise plans during the Flintlock 26 Final Planning Event in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Feb. 23, 2026. Flintlock 2026 is scheduled to bring together more than 30 countries to build collective readiness, strengthen counter terrorism skills and increase collaboration across borders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Murakami)

Multinational partners finalize exercise plans during the Flintlock 26 Final Planning Event in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Feb. 23, 2026. Flintlock 2026 is scheduled to bring together more than 30 countries to build collective readiness, strengthen counter terrorism skills and increase collaboration across borders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Murakami)

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John Brennan, U.S. Africa Command, deputy commander; and U.S. Army Col. Scott Polasek, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, U.S. Embassy Nairobi talk with a member of the Kenya Defence Forces during a visit to Camp Simba in Manda Bay, Kenya, Feb. 6, 2026. Alongside U.S. service members’ efforts to counter extremist threats, some missions at Camp Simba are multilateral and advanced through the Combined Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (CJIATF). As a multiagency team, the CJIATF’s joint initiatives focus on leveraging ISR coordination, information sharing, and synchronized efforts to sustain stability and address emerging security concerns across the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Vivian Nakaana)

(left to right) Kenyan Maj. Gen. Abdulkadir Mohammed Burje, Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) for the Kenya Defence Forces; U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John Brennan, U.S. Africa Command, deputy commander; and U.S. Army Col. Scott Polasek, Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, U.S. Embassy Nairobi, talk during a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 5, 2026. During the visit, Brennan gained insight into how continued partnership efforts between the U.S. and Kenyan defense forces were enabling KDF’s operational independence, agility, and technological capacity in cyber. (U.S. Department of War photo by Maj. Mahalia Frost)

Two patches representing the U.S. and Kenyan defense forces lay on a table inside Kenya’s Chief of Defence’s headquarters building in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 5, 2026. Accompanied by the Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché for Embassy Nairobi, U.S. Army Col. Scott Polasek, U.S. Africa Command deputy commander and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John Brennan's message of how partnerships united by shared security interests are critical to enabling joint operations and security cooperation efforts resonated with the KDF’s top officials - Kenyan Gen. Charles Muriu Kahariri, Kenya Chief of Defence (CHOD) Forces; and Kenyan Maj. Gen. Abdulkadir Mohammed Burje, Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) for the Kenya Defence Forces. (U.S. Department of War photo by Maj. Mahalia Frost)