Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Blaszczak was present at Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan on Tuesday, March 21, to take part in a ceremony marking the transition of the Area Support Group Poland (ASG-P) to the U.S. Army Garrison Poland (USAG-P).
The U.S. military establishes its eighth base in Europe in Poland, which is its first permanent garrison in the country. During the ceremony, the banner for the Garrison was given to the officials and the order to create U.S. Army Garrison – Poland was read out loud.
“We are proud of the declaration of President Biden regarding the permanent presence of American troops in Poland. We have been striving for this for years, for the word ‘permanent’ – and it has just become a reality. As of today, the garrison in Poznan begins its activities. The U.S. Land Forces V Corps Forward Command is already operating; thus it is from Poland that the U.S. land forces that are on NATO’s eastern flank are commanded. Our soldiers practice with each other. Not far from Poznan, in Biedrusko, there is the Abrams Academy – an academy that prepares Polish tankers for service on Abrams tanks, which will go to the Polish Army already this year. And this is the good news regarding Poland’s security and the security of NATO’s eastern flank,”
Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said during a ceremony to establish U.S. Army Garrison Poland.
The President of the United States has decided to set up a unit in Poznań in 2022 to provide infrastructure support for US troops stationed in Poland. The garrison will be in charge of overseeing and controlling US military posts within the country.
The U.S. Land Forces V Corps' Forward Command, which has been operating on Polish territory since 2020, was named "Camp Kosciuszko" in July 2022. Its main task is to coordinate operations and supervise U.S. ground forces in Europe, operational planning, and cooperation and synchronization of U.S. forces with the militaries of other NATO countries. The command plays a key role in integrating U.S. troops deployed in Poland and synchronizing their interaction with our armed forces. This realistically improves the interoperability of Polish and American troops. (gov.pl)
Camp Kosciuszko, or rather The Tadeusz Kosciuszko Polish Army Training Camp, was the name given to a training camp of more than 22,000 Polish volunteers of General Jozef Haller's Blue Army, which was being formed in France. It operated from 1917 to 1919 on the US-Canadian border in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. (gov.pl)