Embassy Events 2007 

Poland Receives 9,900 Kits of Biological Protection Equipment From USA

13 July 2007

Colonel Artur Zdrojewski and Colonel Stanley Prusinski pose with a Polish soldier wearing one of the donated biological protection suits

The Polish Armed Forces received 9,900 personal sets of biological protection equipment under the Humanitarian Assistance Program administered by the U.S. European Command and the U.S. Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC). The donation agreement was signed in June by COL Stanley Prusinski, ODC Chief, and COL Artur Zdrojewski, Commander of the Polish Epidemiological Response Center in Warsaw. The equipment will be used for training and operational purposes under a variety of biological threat conditions, including avian influenza.  The transfer ceremony was attended by the Deputy Chief of Poland’s Military Health Services and covered by military media.