BEMOWO PISKIE, POLAND 06.20.2018 Story by 2nd Lt. Robert Bannon 2d Cavalry Regiment Educational opportunities abound in the U.S. Army, enriching Soldiers who actively seek them out and reap their benefits. Even in the midst of a six-month rotation in Bemowo Piskie, Poland as part of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence initiative, Soldiers from the 1st ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 21 June, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
By: Ensign Cody L. Keim GDYNIA, Poland – The Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) and embarked Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Gdynia, Poland, June 22, 2018, for a scheduled port visit to enhance U.S.-Poland relations as the two NATO allies work together for a ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 21 June, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
Primary Contact: Capt. Anna Bielek-Pestka Ph#: +48- 723-251-615 Email:
15bz.rzecznik@ron.mil.pl 15th Mechanized Brigade BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland— The NATO Enhanced Presence Forward Battle Group Poland is set to replace commanders in a change of command ceremony scheduled for July 14, 2018. Battle Group Poland commanded by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Adam Lackey and commander of 1st Squadron, ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 6 June, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
Primary Contact: Capt. Anna Bielek-Pestka Ph#: +48- 723-251-615 Email:
15bz.rzecznik@ron.mil.pl 15th Mechanized Brigade 4 June 2018 BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland– Soldiers from the NATO Enhanced Presence Battle Group Poland participated in the opening ceremony of Saber Strike 18 on Monday, June 4, 2018. The opening ceremony signified the start of the eighth iteration of a long-standing U.S. ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 5 June, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
BALTOPS 18 exercise will take place in the Baltic Sea region from June 3 – 15, in which 4,700 sailors and marines from 20 NATO member and two NATO partner countries will participate. 2018 marks the 46th edition of the biggest naval exercise in the Baltic region. BALTOPS is an annual joint, multinational maritime exercise ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 1 June, 2018 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News, Press Releases
The 2d Cavalry Regiment will depart in roughly 40 convoys from Rose Barracks, Germany and conduct a tactical road march through the eastern portion of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Latvia from May 28 to June 23, 2018. This movement will consist of more than 1,000 Strykers and other military vehicles in support ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 1 June, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
Ironhorse Public Affairs Office Phone: +48 510-905-076
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lloyd.e.bedford2.mil@mail.mil ZAGAN, Poland – The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Dagger Brigade,” 1st Infantry Division, will conduct a relief in place ceremony with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team “Ironhorse Brigade,” 1st Cavalry Division, at 10 a.m. June 4, at the Zagan Cultural Palace in downtown Zagan. During ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 29 May, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs Office Phone: 0611-143-537-0009 | DSN: (314) 537-0009
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donald.t.wrenn.civ@mail.mil WIESBADEN, Germany – Exercise Saber Strike 18 will be held June 3-15 at training areas in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Approximately 18,000 participants from 19 different countries will participate in the eighth iteration of the exercise spread across the four countries. ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 21 May, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
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www.youtube.com/7thArmyTrainingCommand/ GRAFENWOEHR, Germany (May 1, 2018) – U.S. Army Europe and the German Army will co-host the third Strong Europe Tank Challenge at Grafenwoehr Training Area, June 3 – 8, 2018. Eight NATO and partner nations are scheduled to participate in this year’s tank challenge. Austria, France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 15 May, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Contact: Capt. Gary Loten-Beckford Cell: 001- 573-586-9463 Email: garylotenbeckford@gmail.com BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland— 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment (War Eagles) based out of Vilseck, Germany is set to replace 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Wolf Pack) in a transfer of authority ceremony scheduled for April 20, 2018. Battle Group ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 10 April, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC March 28, 2018 The United States welcomes today’s signing in Warsaw of an agreement concluding Phase I of Poland’s purchase of the Patriot missile defense system, worth $4.6 billion. This includes a brand new, state-of-the-art command and control system for Poland’s air and missile defense. The signing ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 29 March, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
U.S. Embassy Warsaw Press Release March 28, 2018 We welcome today’s announcement of an agreement between the U.S. Government and Poland to move forward with Phase I of the PATRIOT missile defense system including the brand new, state of the art, command and control system for its air and missile defense. The signing of this ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 28 March, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News, U.S. & Poland
Remarks Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State The 2017 Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Forum Washington, DC December 12, 2017 (excerpt) I want to touch a bit on the NATO and Europe relationship quickly, and this was an early trip of the President’s as well. And I think the important thing is that the Atlantic alliance is ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 13 December, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
Press Conference Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2017 SECRETARY TILLERSON: Well, good afternoon, all. It truly is a pleasure to be back in Brussels. Someone reminded me this is my seventh trip to Europe already this year. But it is great to be back. I had a ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 7 December, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
3 November 2017 DRAWSKO POMORSKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland — The 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, will host Operation Thoroughbred 2017 here, at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9. Media are invited to observe approximately 160 Soldiers as they conduct a readiness demonstration validating the unit’s preparedness since they’ve arrived from Fort Hood, Texas, as ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 2 November, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
90 soldiers from the Battle Group Poland toured the Warsaw Uprising Museum and the Museum of Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko in Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 27, 2017. The soldiers gained an in depth knowledge of Poland’s history during WWII and were provided the opportunity to taste Polish cuisine for lunch. The tour was organized by the ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 30 October, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
On October 20, U.S. Army helicopters arrived in Belgium to begin a nine-month rotation, which will provide air support for units stationed in Europe. As part of its deployment, the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Brigade brought 89 helicopters across the Atlantic, including 12 CH-47 Chinooks, 38 UH-60 Black Hawks,15 HH-60 Medevac Black Hawks and 24 ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 25 October, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News
By SSG Jennifer Bunn The 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment (2/2CR) transferred authority of Battle Group Poland to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment (3/2 CR) during a ceremony on Oct. 20, 2017, at the Bemowo Piskie Training Area near Orzysz, Poland. In March of 2017, 2/2CR deployed to Poland–along with soldiers from Romania and ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 24 October, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News
The 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment (3/2CR) is conducting a tactical road march with over 800 Troops to Orzysz, Poland from Rose Barracks, Germany in support of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP). They are replacing 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (2/2CR), which was the first American unit deployed to Poland as part of NATO’s ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 11 October, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
October 6, 2017 The 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment will depart in two serials from Rose Barracks, Germany and conduct a tactical road march with over 800 Troops to Orzysz, Poland on Oct. 9 and Oct. 11, 2017 in support of enhanced Forward Presence. The Battle Group Poland tactical road march will have two serials. ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 6 October, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News
NATO Military Presence in Poland Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC-NE), Szczecin Multinational Corps Northeast is the headquarters for Eastern Europe which reports to the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), which undertakes a wide range of joint military operations. Allied Command Counterintelligence (ACCI) ACCI detects, deters and neutralizes the threat of terrorism, espionage, sabotage and subversion ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 29 September, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News, U.S. & Poland
By U.S. Mission Poland | 6 September, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News
On September 1, 2017 Acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy and Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) visited U.S. troops deployed to Poznan and Powidz as part of U.S. Army Europe’s Atlantic Resolve mission. They also toured Polish facilities of 4th Infantry Division’s Mission Command Element and 21st TSC’s Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and were briefed on ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 6 September, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
Beginning in early January 2017, the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division (3/4 ABCT) will deploy to Poland and establish its brigade headquarters in Żagań. The brigade will also deploy to NATO’s other eastern member countries in order to enhance deterrence, increase interoperability, and meet U.S. commitments to NATO Allies. ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 31 August, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
23 August 2017 Two B-1B Lancer aircraft, one B-52 Stratofortress, and support equipment from bases across the U.S. arrived today at RAF Fairford, U.K. The B-1s, from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Tx., and the B-52 from the Air Force Reserve Command 307th Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, La., are scheduled to conduct flyovers ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 24 August, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
On August 15, U.S. Army Europe Commanding General LTG Ben Hodges was awarded with the Commander’s Cross from President of Poland Andrzej Duda “for his commitment to the development of Polish-US military cooperation, the strengthening of the NATO eastern flank and increasing the U.S. presence in Poland.” During the ceremony, President Duda said: “Thank you, Sir, ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 17 August, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News, Press Releases
Gen. Mark Milley, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, and Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe visited a Military Air Base in Powidz, Poland, as part of their trip throughout Eastern Europe, Aug. 7, 2017. Following a tour of the Polish Air Base, the U.S. Army generals met with the 497th Combat ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 16 August, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News, Press Releases
Senator Elizabeth Warren came to Poland with a two day visit on August 8. During her first trip to Poland, Sen. Warren visited Poznan where she met with leaders and soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division Mission Forward-Command Element and received overview of U.S Army operations across Europe. In Powidz, Senator Warren toured the facilities ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 10 August, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Military Cooperation, News, Press Releases
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General Mark Milley and Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe Major General Timothy McGuire visited Poland on August 7 to strengthen Polish-American military cooperation and it’s future development. During their meetings with Polish leaders and counterparts, they discussed U.S. military presence in Poland, including the U.S. Armored Brigade Combat ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 8 August, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Military Cooperation, News
By U.S. Mission Poland | 1 August, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News
(Photo: USAREUR) From May 30th to June 1, Polish Parliamentary representatives Arkadiusz Czartoryski (PiS), Iwona Arent (PiS), Małgorzata Wypych (PiS), Grzegorz Długi (Kukiz’15) and Norbert Obrycki (PO) visited Brussels, Ramstein, and Wiesbaden to gain a better understanding of ballistic and intermediate range missile defense, as well as NATO and U.S. led deployments to NATO’s eastern ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 7 June, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
COMMANDER NAVAL STRIKING AND SUPPORT FORCES NATO REDUTO GOMES FREIRE ESTRADA DA MEDROSA 2780-070 OEIRAS PORTUGAL BALTOPS 17 to set sail in June 25 May 2017 OEIRAS, Portugal – The 45th edition of Exercise BALTIC OPERATIONS (BALTOPS) will take place in the Baltic Sea from 1 to 16 June. Air, maritime, and ground assets from ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 26 May, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kevin Wang) Polish cadets met with the U.S. UK and Romanian soldiers from Battle Group Poland’s ready platoon at Bemowo Piskie Training Area. During a static display of military equipment at the training site, multinational soldiers taught cadets from the War Studies University in Warsaw how to operate various equipment ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 22 May, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
On Monday, May 22, at 17:00, the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs’ Acting Assistant Secretary John Heffern will host a public webchat focusing on the transatlantic bond between the United States and its European allies. Daniel S. Hamilton, Executive Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 19 May, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
By Lieutenant Alex Perrien Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia Public Affairs REDZIKOWO, Poland (NNS) — Naval Support Facility Redzikowo Commanding Officer Capt. Ricky Gilbert signed Memorandums of Agreement May 10 with the Polish Force Protection Battalion, JW5718 and the 7th Coastal Brigade. The Memorandum will allow American Sailors and Polish Soldiers to train together ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 16 May, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
On May 12, Ambassador Paul Jones led a ceremony congratulating U.S. Embassy Warsaw’s Marine detachment for earning the 2016 Marine Detachment of the Year Award. This distinction recognizes the team’s excellent performance in several areas including proficiency, physical fitness, morale, community involvement, and off-duty education. Marine Detachment Warsaw achieved this level of sustained performance by ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 16 May, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
POZNAN, POLAND 05.13.2017 Story by Staff Sgt. Diandra Harrell Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs POZNAN, Poland- Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, conducted a site visit at the new Mission Command Element (MCE) headquarters located at the 14th Military Business Division, in Poznan, Poland May 13, 2017. The MCE recently relocated ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 15 May, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
Battle Group Poland soldiers from the United States, United Kingdom and Romania arrived to Orzysz in late March, but they have already became a part of the Polish local community. On Poland’s Flag Day on May 2, the Battle Group participated in a flag raising ceremony, set up a static display at the annual Garrison ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 12 May, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News
NATO deployed approximately four thousand multinational troops to Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in late March as part of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) initiative. These deployments fulfill the commitment agreed to by Allies at the 2016 NATO Summit in Warsaw. The four eFP framework countries—Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States—have ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 21 March, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
On behalf of the U.S. Government, the U.S. Embassy Warsaw extends its deepest condolences and sympathy to the family of the victim of the accident in Redzikowo that occurred earlier today. Polish and American authorities are cooperating closely to determine exactly what happened, how best to prevent such tragedies in the future, and how best ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 1 March, 2017 | Topics:
Military Cooperation
Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson visited Poland in February to meet with Polish counterparts and U.S. Troops to discuss further US-Polish military cooperation. In Krakow, LTG Anderson participated in the annual US-Polish Army Staff Talks and visited Poland’s elite 6th Airborne “General Sosabowski” Brigade. LTG Anderson is the former U.S. Army 18th Airborne Corps Commander and former ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 1 March, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
The Polish Ministry of National Defense, in cooperation with U.S. Embassy Warsaw, is nominating two Polish military students to attend the 4-year commissioning program at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. This week, students from the Military Academy of Land Forces in Wroclaw and Military Technical Academy of Warsaw visited ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 18 December, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
Ambassador Douglas Lute U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Pre-Ministerial Press Briefing December 5, 2016 Moderator: Good afternoon. We have the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador Doug Lute here to provide an on-the-record briefing previewing the Foreign Ministerial this week. Mr. Ambassador? Ambassador Lute: Okay, thanks. As you know, our convention is to gather all ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 7 December, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
FORT CARSON, Colorado — The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, has begun its movement to Europe, loading the first trains this week that will send a heavy brigade’s worth of tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles and other equipment overseas in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Iron Brigade Soldiers, led by 1st Battalion, 66th ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 7 December, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
FORT CARSON, Colorado — With the temperature dipping below freezing and snow starting to fall, a typical Colorado day in December didn’t hamper Soldiers from 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, from wrapping up weeks’ worth of work to load trains with equipment ultimately bound for Europe. In fact, the rail-load operations here ...
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By U.S. Mission Poland | 7 December, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20), a Blue Ridge class command ship, is vising Gdynia on July 12 for a routine port visit. The USS Mount Whitney along with its more than 300 crew members took part in the international military exercise – BALTOPS16 in the Baltic Sea region as a command ship. During the visit to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 July, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
On 6-8 June, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General Mark Milley will visit Poland. He will take part in the ceremonial opening of the Anaconda 16 exercise at the National Defense University in Warsaw, together with Ambassador Jones and LTG Ben Hodges, Commander of the U.S. Army in Europe. During his visit to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 6 June, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
Starting on May 31, U.S. Army troops from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment are driving across Poland as part of a tactical road march dubbed “Dragoon Ride II.” On their way U.S. soldiers stopped to meet local residents in Tarnów May 31 to continue such meetings further on the way in Lublin (June 1) and Suwalki ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 31 May, 2016 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, Press Releases, U.S. & Poland
On Tuesday, February 23, 2016, from 11:00 AM to 1 PM, American Army troops from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment met with residents of Łódź at Leon Schiller’s Avenue. Łódź residents were be able to talk to American soldiers and see American military equipment up-close, including Strykers, Humvees and support vehicles. Polish soldiers from the Military ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 24 February, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Military Cooperation, News, U.S. & Poland
On Saturday, February 6, 2016, at 10:30 AM, American Army troops from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment met with residents of Toruń at the New Market Square. Toruń residents were able to talk to American soldiers and see American military equipment up-close, including M777 Howitzers, Humvees and support vehicles. Polish soldiers from the Artillery and Armored Training ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 6 February, 2016 | Topics:
Military Cooperation, News, Press Releases
