Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Adrian Patoka | Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland | 01.17.2022
Romania Land Forces 1st Lt. Andrei Savaniu high-fives a Romanian soldier after completing the 18.6-mile Norwegian Foot March at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Jan. 12, 2022. Romania Land Force's "Iron Cheetahs" serve as Battle Group Poland's air-defense capability in support of the NATO alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Adrian Patoka)...
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Adrian Patoka | Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland | 12.17.2021
Romania Land Forces Iron Cheetah’s Sgt. Maj., Sobaru Mircea pins the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency onto Cpl. Cristian Albu at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Dec. 17, 2021. Mircea was one of 169 other NATO soldiers that earned the badge from Battle Group Poland and Poland’s 4th Territorial Defense Brigade....
Photo by Spc. Jameson Harris | Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland | 12.15.2021
Romanian Land Forces 1st Lt. Cătălin Stareț, battery commander of the Iron Cheetahs Detachment, drops onto the floor during the sprint test of the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency held at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Dec. 15, 2021. GAFB candidates were required to sprint on a 10-meter long mat a total of 11 times and drop on the floor when they returned to the starting......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Adrian Patoka | Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland | 12.14.2021
Battle Group Poland soldiers stand in line awaiting their turn to conduct the German Armed Forces Badge in Military Proficiency swim event in Pisz, Poland Dec. 14, 2021. The swim event required soldiers to swim 100 meters in four minutes or less, then take off their uniform while treading water. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Adrian Patoka)...
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Adrian Patoka | Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland | 12.14.2021
Romanian Land Forces 1st Lt. Cătălin Stareț practices shooting form with the U.S. M17 pistol during the German Armed Forces Badge in Military Proficiency pistol qualification near Olecko, Poland, Dec. 14, 2021. Stareț joined more than 400 other NATO soldiers from Battle Group Poland and Poland’s 4th Territorial Defence Brigade who vied to earn the badge. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Adrian Patoka | Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland | 12.05.2021
Romania Land Forces 2nd Lt. Chirca Maria, with Iron Cheetahs exchanges gifts with a Polish foster child at the House of Janusz Korczak, an orphanage in Olecko, Poland Dec. 5, 2021. Maria joined 71 Battle Group Poland soldiers who each purchased toys to donate to the children. Soldiers took the afternoon to bond and interact with the children, building relationships and strengthening bonds with......
Photo by Pfc. Jacob Bradford | Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland | 11.09.2021
Romanian Land Forces soldiers from Iron Cheetahs fire a Gepard during Rifle Forge at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Nov. 9, 2021. Rifle Forge was a culminating combined arms live-fire exercise that involves allies from Battle Group Poland. Two new contingent forces joined the Battle Group for this defensive scenario; the Romanian Land Forces Iron Cheetahs and British Army Black Horse......
Photo by Pfc. Jacob Bradford | Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland | 11.09.2021
Romanian Land Forces soldiers from Iron Cheetahs position a Gepard during Rifle Forge at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Nov. 9, 2021. Rifle Forge was a culminating combined arms live-fire exercise that involves allies from Battle Group Poland. Two new contingent forces joined the Battle Group for this defensive scenario; the Romanian Land Forces Iron Cheetahs and British Army Black Horse......