recent odc activities 2008 

Polish Generals Begin Distinguished Visitor Orientation Tour in Washington, DC

16 April 2008

Brigadier General Janusz Bojarski, Director of the Department of Personnel, Ministry of National Defense, lead a group of Polish generals as they lay a wreath and pay respects at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC.

Lieutenant Colonel Ray Wojcik, Deputy Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation, Warsaw, this weekend escorted a group of eight Polish officers, led by Brigadier General Janusz Bojarski, Director of the Department of Personnel, Ministry of National Defense, as they began a two-week visit to the United States as part of a Distinguished Visitor Orientation which is sponsored by the U.S. International Military Education and Training Program.  The team consists of six generals – representing the Ministry of Defense, Land Forces, Air Force and General Staff – as well as the Sergeant Major of the Land Forces.  

On Sunday, April 13, the Polish delegation laid a wreath and paid their respects at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.  Following several days of meetings in the Pentagon, the team will travel to a number of U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force bases to discuss officer and non-commissioned-officer (NCO) corps training and development systems, information technology support to personnel management, and military professionalization issues.  This familiarization visit will substantively hasten the ongoing professionalization of Poland’s Armed Forces