recent odc activities 2007 

U.S.-Polish Armed Forces Share Lessons Learned

19 November 2007
 

Left to Right: COL Stanley Prusinski, ODC Chief; Mr. Timothy Heinemann, NPS; Ms. Magda Szkop, ODC; Ambassador Victor Ashe

Left to Right: Mr. Al Polley, NPS; COL Jaroslaw Kraszewski, National Security Bureau; Ms. Szkop; Mr. Heinemann; COL Paul Taillon, JSOU; COL Dariusz Dachowicz, Polish Special Operations; COL Prusinski

More than forty participants from Poland's government security agencies participated in a workshop in Warsaw from November 12-16 on “Special Operations in Combating Terrorism” sponsored by the U.S. Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation.  The Polish agencies included Poland’s newly established Special Operations Command, the Polish General Staff, Operations Command, Services, Ministry of Interior and Administration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Security Bureau, and National Defense Academy.  A team of four instructors from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and Joint Special Operations University led the workshop, covering the structure, planning, sourcing, and operational employment of special operations forces in the fight against terrorism.  The training will help build capacity for conducting successful missions by the Polish armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Polish attendees of the workshop appreciated sharing lessons-learned and best practices of U.S. Special Operations.