Justified Accord is a military exercise focusing on African partner capability and interoperability in support of a United Nations/Africa union peace keeping operation (PKO).
The U.S. military, in partnership with the Ethiopia National Defence Force (ENDF), militaries from the nations of Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Djibouti, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Rwanda, Somalia, Uganda, United Kingdom and participating international organizations such as the United Nations offices, African Union, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Institute of Peace nd the International Committee of the Red Cross, will conduct Justified Accord (JA) 2019, a command headquarter and company-level field training exercise, July 15-31, the US embassy in Addis Ababa said in a statement.
“JA19 is an exercise designed to enhance the capacity and capability of participating staff and forces in peacekeeping operations in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).”
Approximately 1,100 military and government personnel will participate in the annual, combined, joint military exercise. Ethiopia, a significant contributor of peacekeeping troops to United Nations and African Union peacekeeping missions on the African continent, previously hosted Justified Accord in 2017.
The exercise will include headquarters staff training, land force manoeuvres and culminate with a platoon-level demonstration. “This exercise will increase interoperability and help participating military forces enhance readiness and the skills required to support peacekeeping operations and promote regional security,” the statement said.
Once the exercise is complete, all exercise participants will return to their home countries and stations.
Concurrent with JA19, the United States Government is also conducting a Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX) 19-4 where medical military and civilian personnel from Ethiopia and the United States will share and learn from each other’s medical procedures and best practices to build and strengthen their medical treatment capability and capacity. Through this program, Ethiopian medical professionals can enhance the Ethiopian healthcare system’s ability to deliver effective general surgery and trauma response in support of regional U.N. and African Union missions.
The United States Government will be infusing nearly $6 million directly to the Ethiopian economy because of these exercises. Press Dispatch
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