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ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS MARCH TO CZĘSTOCHOWA

4 August 2009

MONASTARY OF JASNA GORA DURING THE 2008 SOLDIERS MARCH TO CZESTOCHOWA.Soldiers representing the Illinois National Guard are participating in the 300-kilometer 2009 Soldiers March from Warsaw to Częstochowa on August 3-14, 2009. The march is an annual event sponsored by the Polish Land Forces, which celebrates Polish victory over Sweden in the 17th century. According to local belief, the mosaic of the Black Madonna in Częstochowa near the border with the Czech Republic is credited with turning back the Swedes. Since 1993, the Illinois National Guard and Polish Armed Forces have participated in a partnership program that provides for the sharing of ideas between our nations. 

The Illinois National Guard is comprised of approximately 10,000 Army National Guard and approximately 3,200 Air National Guard members. Regionally, Poland receives the most U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) assistance funding and is also the sixth largest FMF recipient in the world. To date this includes over $285 million in direct FMF grants and more than $3.9 billion in FMF loans. Additionally, Poland has received more than $31 million dollars under the Combined Education Training Program (CETP) which includes: the International Military Education Training (IMET) Program; Military to Military (M2M) Program; State Partnership Program (SPP) and Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP). Poland utilizes U.S. support to help transform and modernize the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland.
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