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Post by Bonobo on Oct 23, 2015 20:45:31 GMT 1
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Post by pjotr on Oct 24, 2015 0:13:22 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 27, 2016 23:04:00 GMT 1
US troops meet residents in city of Łódź 23.02.2016 15:10 US Army troops from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment stopped in Łódź, central Poland on Tuesday for a meet-and-greet session. “Operation Knightrider” was launched on 22 February when three columns of 30 army vehicles set off from Drawsko Pomorskie in northern Poland and then stopped in Łódź, before moving on to Nowa Dęba (in the south) to continue exercises with the Polish Army. Polish soldiers from the Military Medical Training Centre in Łódź and the 25th Air Cavalry Brigade from Tomaszów Mazowiecki also took part in the event and displayed their equipment to the city’s residents. The crowds which gathered were able to see the American Stryker transporters and Humvee vehicles. “The goal of the ‘Operation Knightrider’ is to demonstrate NATO forces’ freedom of movement along NATO interior lines, as well as the US commitment to NATO security,” the US embassy in Poland wrote in a statement. - See more at: www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/241928,US-troops-meet-residents-in-city-of-Lodz#sthash.1ayrHx0J.dpuf   |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 15, 2017 18:40:18 GMT 1
Poland officially greets US troops
14.01.2017 18:56
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło headed an official welcoming ceremony for US troops in the west of the country on Saturday.
“Each Polish family must feel safe. It is the duty of the Polish state, the government to provide security. Today we have made a big step in this direction,” Szydło said during a ceremony that was also attended by Poland’s Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz.
The US brigade will be stationed in Poland and other countries in the region on a rotating basis part of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
A brigade arriving in Poland comprises some 3,500 soldiers and over 1,000 vehicles including Abrams tanks, Bradley military vehicles and Paladin self-propelled howitzers.
Amid fears of Russian aggression following Moscow's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine in 2014, NATO decided at a Warsaw summit last July to deploy four rotating multinational battalions of some 1,000 soldiers each to the military alliance’s eastern flank.      
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 30, 2017 12:39:15 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 23, 2017 21:08:23 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 26, 2017 16:48:00 GMT 1
Commander of Am troops had warned his men they would have to eat potatoes 3 times a day when in Poland.  The Wall Street Journal U.S. troops really have to rough it in Poland: no fast food Published: Mar 13, 2017 4:51 p.m. ET Bye-bye, Burger King, Subway and caramel lattes — and, hello, potatoes By Julian E. Barnes VILSECK, Germany — For years, wherever the U.S. Army went, Burger King was sure to follow. When the Army rolls into Poland next month to take positions near the Russian border, however, the creature comforts will stay behind. No Whoppers. No foot-long Subway sandwiches. No Pizza Hut pies or caramel lattes at the Army’s version of Starbucks, Green Beans. ‘Be ready for potatoes three meals a day for six months. The Irish have figured out how to make it interesting. I am sure you can, too.’ Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges “You are never going to see Burger King,” Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the top Army commander in Europe, warned soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment at a recent rehearsal drill. “Be ready for potatoes three meals a day for six months. The Irish have figured out how to make it interesting. I am sure you can, too.” In Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers stationed at big U.S. bases got used to gorging on American fast food and shopping at military strip malls. “We went a little too far on some of the luxuries,” says the regiment’s Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Muhlenbeck, a veteran of both conflicts. “We set a climate that soldiers weren’t in a combat zone anymore. They weren’t in the right mind-set to fight tonight.” On the menu for Poland: austerity. “The standard of living is spartan — spartan, plus Wi-Fi,” Hodges told the soldiers, to some chuckling. The Army says the internet is necessary for soldiers to keep up with paperwork, to Skype family members and to watch Netflix NFLX, +0.13% www.marketwatch.com/story/us-troops-really-have-to-rough-it-in-poland-no-fast-food-2017-03-13 |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 9, 2017 0:37:56 GMT 1
An American convoy lost their way and tried to turn back but one big truck got stuck in the muddy field. Soldiers asked a farmer to give a hand, he pulled the truck back onto the road with his tractor. There were even more road happenings which I am not able to cover. Conclusion: Good! American are testing the transport possibilities. They must get used to the Polish road system which generally is in a good shape but too narrow for army vehicles. Drivers must learn how to maneouver on such roads. It is not a wide desert anymore, it is densely populated Europe. Comrade Stalin once said - the more sweat in training grounds, the less blood spilled in real battlefields! Let`s stick to his words of wisdom. |
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Post by jeanne on Apr 9, 2017 23:04:29 GMT 1
An American convoy lost their way and tried to turn back but one big truck got stuck in the muddy field. Soldiers asked a farmer to give a hand, he pulled the truck back onto the road with his tractor. Yay! Of course it was the farmer who came to the rescue and got them going again! Farmers know how to get the job done! |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 10, 2017 19:48:25 GMT 1
An American convoy lost their way and tried to turn back but one big truck got stuck in the muddy field. Soldiers asked a farmer to give a hand, he pulled the truck back onto the road with his tractor. Yay! Of course it was the farmer who came to the rescue and got them going again! Farmers know how to get the job done! The topic of farmers is dear to your heart through family connections... |
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Post by jeanne on Apr 10, 2017 20:43:46 GMT 1
Yay! Of course it was the farmer who came to the rescue and got them going again! Farmers know how to get the job done! The topic of farmers is dear to your heart through family connections... That is true, and it should be dear to your heart also...Mr. Farmer! |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 10, 2017 21:17:11 GMT 1
The topic of farmers is dear to your heart through family connections... That is true, and it should be dear to your heart also...Mr. Farmer! Yes. Farmer isn`t my second name, it is the first. |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 20, 2017 22:59:29 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 24, 2017 14:17:58 GMT 1
Fishermen from Jastarnia fished out a remote controlled military vehicle from the Baltic Sea December 22, 2017
A vehicle called the Humpback USV belonging to the Canadian Royal Navy fished out of the Baltic Sea fishermen from Jastarnia. The Navy confirms that the vehicle served the Canadian Royal Navy as an exercise target. The Maritime Office will decide about the future of the object.
A vehicle looking like a small, fast motorboat came across the crew of the Jas-61 fishing boat. The find was transported to the main port of the unit – to Jastarnia, where it was unloaded onto the shore.
The vehicle has the inscription "Marine Royale Canadienne" (Canadian Royal Navy) and number 292. Information about the find, along with the movie showing the vehicle, was posted on one of the social networks, a resident of Jastarnia.
Maksymilian Dura from the Defense2 website, after watching the movie, said that it is most likely about an unmanned remote controlled water target called Humpback USV produced by the company Qinnetiq Target System operating, among others, in Canada and Great Britain.
Dura explained that the vehicle is equipped with propulsion and remotely controlled systems that allow it to be used, for example, to train crews of ships in combating very fast targets. He added that the vehicle often tows the target shield, but it could also happen that the target was the vehicle itself
That's probably why the equipment is so damaged ̵
1; said Dura adding that it is possible that the vehicle was sunk during some exercises in the Baltic Sea
Kmdr Lt. Piotr Adamczak from the Sea Operations Center confirmed that it is an unmanned sea target, but he explained that it is most likely a Hammerhead USV-T vehicle manufactured by Meggit Training Systems in cooperation with AF Theriault & Son Ltd.
Adamczak explained that this vehicle just like Huntback, it is used for exercise: it simulates fast motorboats and shoots at it from a machine gun installed on ships. Adamczak added that the vehicle was "hit and sunk in accordance with its intended purpose, and the ship went further."
He explained that such objects are "not cheap," and the Polish Navy does not have them. [19659008] Adamczak could not tell when Canadians could use this particular exercise vehicle. Canadian units in the Baltic Sea in recent years were a lot. Among other things, Charlottetown frigate visited the Baltic Sea in September – he said, adding that it was possible that this particular vehicle was sunk as a result of her actions. He explained that ships engaged in international waters do not need to report this fact to the Polish Navy.
The Canadian Royal Navy from time to time participates in maneuvers carried out on this basin. For example, in September in the Baltic Sea, exercises under the codename of Passex were carried out with the participation of ships from Norway, Portugal, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. tech2.org/poland/fishermen-from-jastarnia-fished-out-a-remote-controlled-military-vehicle-from-the-baltic-sea/![]() |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 28, 2017 23:48:22 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 2, 2018 16:51:33 GMT 1
It is still kept as a secret that Poland talks with Americans (without consulting other NATO countries) about establishing a permament US base here, not for free. www.politico.eu/article/warsaw-poland-andrzej-duda-to-donald-trump-lets-make-a-military-deal-without-nato/www.politico.eu/article/nato-poland-offers-us-up-to-2-billion-for-permanent-american-military-base/
Poland offers US up to $2B for permanent military base
Warsaw wants American boots on ground as protection against Russia.
By Edyta Żemła and Kamil Turecki
5/27/18, 10:05 PM CET
Updated 5/30/18, 8:53 AM CET
Poland wants a permanent U.S. military presence — and is willing to pony up as much as $2 billion to get it, according to a defense ministry proposal obtained by Polish news portal Onet.
The Polish offer reflects a long-standing desire in Warsaw to build closer security relations with the U.S. and put American boots on the ground. The push dates back to Poland’s entry into NATO in 1999, but has taken on added urgency in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region four years ago and aggressive posture toward the alliance.
Coming just over a month before NATO leaders gather in Brussels for a summit, the Polish initiative is bound to anger Russia, and will be looked at with skepticism by European allies that want to improve relations with Moscow, such as Italy and at times Germany.
‘Clear and present need’
“This proposal outlines the clear and present need for a permanent U.S. armored division deployed in Poland, Poland’s commitment to provide significant support that may reach $1.5-2 billion by establishing joint military installations and provide for more flexible movement of U.S. forces,” the defense ministry document states.
It adds that Warsaw is committed “to share the burden of defense spending, make the decision more cost-effective for the U.S. government and allay any concerns for Congress in uncertain budgetary times.”
Poland currently hosts U.S. armed forces and NATO units, who are stationed in the country on a rotational basis.
The administration of President Donald Trump has pushed NATO allies to increase their defense budgets up to 2 percent of GDP, as the alliance suggests. Poland has been at or above 2 percent since 2015.
The defense ministry press office confirmed that the paper, called “Proposal for a U.S. Permanent Presence in Poland” and dated 2018, is genuine and said it is not classified.
The document contains information on the proposed locations of military bases, hospitals — including their capacities — and possible schools or even gyms for the families of personnel. It was delivered to the U.S. government and Congress.
Dominik Smyrgała, who served as a deputy to former Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz, under whom the proposal first started to take shape last summer, told Onet the proposal was drafted by senior ministry officials and a group of Polish military officers.
Poland currently hosts U.S. armed forces and NATO units, who are stationed in the country on a rotational basis, moving between Poland and three Baltic states to the north. |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 25, 2021 20:29:26 GMT 1
I would like to have one like this in the Warsaw Rising. Then, ...... .
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