embassy events 2009

Military Cooperation between the U.S. and Poland

20 February 2009

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Poland's Defense Minister Bogdan Klich sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

The United States and Poland will further strengthen military cooperation between our countries after U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Poland's Defense Minister Bogdan Klich signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday, February 19, during the two-day NATO Ministerial Conference in Kraków.  The MoU is a new military cooperation agreement that formalizes the U.S.-Polish partnership to help modernize the Polish military. It is the first in a series of steps that will be taken to increase U.S.-Polish military cooperation and modernization of the Polish military after the Defense Cooperation Agreement signed last August.

More on the U.S.-Polish Military Cooperation: 

• USAF celebrates 62nd birthday with Polish Air Force
• Illinois State Police Visit to Poland
• Legion of Merit for Lieutenant General Andrzej Blasik 
• Medical Planners Exercise
• Łomianki Remembers Fallen Poles and Airmen
• Remembering Fallen Airmen
• Katyń Remembered in Warsaw at the Military Medical Institute 
• General Carter Ham and Brigadier General William Fuller Visit Poland
• International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, 31 Aug. - 3 Sept. 2009 
• Military Gendarmerie Information Sharing Seminar
• United States Navy Europe Operations Sharing Seminar
• Polish Land Forces Rosomak Leaders Visit Stryker Unit
• United States Army Europe Information Sharing Seminar
• Illinois Army National Guard Participates in the 21st Podhalan Riflemen's Brigade Staff Planning Exercise 
• Illinois Air National Guard visits Polish Air Base to assist C-130 mission
• U.S. Army Awards a $10.5M Contract to a Polish Company
• U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Polish Navy Conduct Staff Talks
• BALTOPS 2009 Exercise Commences on June 8, 2009
• Delegation Observe Illinois’ Full-Scale Exercise Prairie Plague, May 25 – June 3, 2009
• United States and Poland Mark Sixth Anniversary of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
• Cadet Szymon Marcinów Enters West Point Academy
• ROTC Cadets
• Auschwitz Tour
• Major General Kistner Visits Poland
• 21st Riflemen's Brigade 
• The U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program
• General Carter F. Ham Visited Poland, May 13-15
• Air Command and Staff College Representatives Visit Warsaw
• Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth Preston Visits Conference of European Armies in Łagów
• The Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Warsaw
• BALTOPS 2009, June 8-19 
• Commander Polish Operations Command USEUCOM Visit
• Exceptional Distinction in Ghazni, Afghanistan
• Air War College Students in Poland

• USAF Academy Cadets at Deblin

• USAFA Cadets Visit Poland
• Communications Exercise in Lubliniec
• C-130 Air Wing Specialists Visit Poland
• Polish Air Force Training, Part of the “Peace Sky” Program
• Naval Familiarization Event in Gdynia
• Senior Leaders of the 101st Airborne and the 82nd Airborne Visit Poland
• Cadets Robert Tomczak and Daniel Curtin visit the Higher Officer’s School of the Polish Land Forces