Recent ODC ActivitiesPolish Military Leaders Visit U.S. European Command13 April 2006 |
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From 10-13 April 2006, the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC), escorted 8 Polish military leaders to United States European Command (USEUCOM) in Stuttgart, Germany. The visit was funded by EUCOM under the Joint Contact Team Program (JCTP). JCTP provides a variety of familiarization events providing valuable information to U.S. Allies and friends to assist with military transition and transformation. The Polish group included LTG Henryk Tacik, Commander Operations Command (OPSCOM); MG Jan Kempara, Director, Special Operations Division (SOD) and Special Operations Forces (SOF) Advisor to the Chief of Defense General Staff; BG Krzystof Zaleski, Chief, Planning Center, OPSCOM; COL Andrzej Juszczak, P-5, General Staff; COL Zbigniew Rybacki, P-5, General Staff; COL Marek Olbrycht, Deputy Director SOD, General Staff; Navy Captain, Jaroslaw Milowski, Chief Naval Planner, OPSCOM and MAJ Adam Troc, Air Planner, OPSCOM. The group spent 3-days in briefings, discussions and orientation visits with EUCOM senior leaders and staffs exposing the Polish delegation to a broad range of EUCOM planning and operations systems. Embassy representatives on the visit included COL Stan Prusinski, Chief, ODC; MAJ Ray Wojcik, Army Affairs, ODC; and LTC Vincent O'Connor, Assistant Army Attaché. Since 1993 JCTP has provided over 1000 familiarization events for Poland at over $5M, familiarizing thousands of Poles on various military subjects. |
 MAJ Ray Wojcik, Army Affairs, ODC, U.S. Embassy Warsaw; COL Mike Repass, Deputy Commander, Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR); MG Jan Kempara, Director SOD, PL General Staff; COL Andrzej Juszcak, P-5, PL General Staff; LTG Henryk Tacik, Commander, PL OPSCOM; Navy Capt. Jaroslaw Milowski, Chief Navy Planner, OPSCOM; BG Krzystof Zaleski, Director, Planning Center, OPSCOM; MAJ Adam Troc, Air Planner, OPSCOM; COL Zbigniew Rybacki, P-5, PL General Staff; COL Marek Olbrycht, Deputy SOD, PL General Staff; COL Stan Prusinski, Chief, ODC, U.S. Embassy, Warsaw |  Maj Stefanie Perkowski, Protocol Officer, EUCOM; MAJ Ray Wojcik, Army Affairs, ODC, U.S. Embassy Warsaw; COL Andrzej Juszcak, P-5, PL General Staff; COL Zbigniew Rybacki, P-5, PL General Staff; LTG Henryk Tacik, Commander, PL OPSCOM; USN Rear Admiral Richard K. Gallagher, Director for Operations, EUCOM; BG Krzystof Zaleski, Director, Planning Center, OPSCOM; MAJ Adam Troc, Air Planner, OPSCOM; Jaroslaw Milowski, Chief Naval Planner, OPSCOM; COL Stan Prusinski, Chief, ODC U.S. Embassy, Warsaw. |  COL Marek Olbrycht, Deputy SOD, PL General Staff; MAJ Phillip Henson, EDDOC, EUCOM; MAJ Brian Leatherwood, EPOC, EUCOM; MG Jan Kempara, Director SOD, PL General Staff; Navy Capt. Jaroslaw Milowski, Chief Naval Planner, OPSCOM; BG Krzystof Zaleski, Director, Planning Center, OPSCOM; MAJ Adam Troc, Air Planner, OPSCOM; COL Andrzej Juszcak, P-5, PL General Staff; COL Jolanda Dennis-Lowman, Chief, Security Cooperation Programs, J-4, EUCOM; Col James Haas, Director Personnel, J-4, EUCOM; LTG Henryk Tacik, Commander, PL OPSCOM; Mr. Todd Lavigne, JCTP, EUCOM; MAJ Ray Wojcik, Army Affairs, ODC U.S. Embassy Warsaw; MAJ Kurt Hense, JCTP, EUCOM; COL Zbigniew Rybacki, P-5, PL General Staff. |  Exchanging Gifts at EUCOM Chief of Staff hosted dinner for LTG Tacik. |
