Story by Sgt. Hector Rene Membreno-Canales and 1st Lt. Ernest Wang | 326th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.17.2016
DRAWSKO POMORSKIE, Poland-- Soldiers and civilian staff in the media information center at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area gather around a television in anticipation. With them is a journalist from Polish network TVN, who sits next to the television, facing the growing crowd. Several Soldiers are holding up their camera phones, waiting for the highlight of the evening. When suddenly, the......
Story by Sgt. Dennis Glass | 361st Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 06.15.2016
U.S. soldiers trained alongside armed forces from their partner nations on the U.S. Army’s 241st birthday, June 14th, 2016. Soldiers cleared buildings in a simulated hostile city as part of the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training that took place during Exercise Anakonda 2016. This training is in a realistic environment that is meant to simulate the type of missions faced by......
Story by Staff Sgt. Brad Miller | 326th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.15.2016
Drawsko Pomorski, Poland – Moving Soldiers and equipment to meet deadlines can be a daunting task but making arrangements to go back home can be just as difficult, especially when the movement will cross numerous international borders and even an ocean. Logistic and operations officers from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division are meeting these challenges head on, in......
Story by Timothy Hale | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 06.14.2016
DRAWSKO POMORSKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland – For U.S. Army Reserve Pfc. James Hale, coming to Poland for Exercise Anakonda 2016 was like coming home. Hale, a Transportation Management Coordinator with the 382nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, has been serving as a Polish translator for U.S. Army Reserve soldiers participating in the Polish-led,......
Story by Staff Sgt. Debra Richardson | 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.13.2016
CHELMNO, Poland—Junior enlisted soldiers assigned to 175th Military Police Battalion with the Missouri National Guard led the way during a joint training exercise with the Polish infantry near Chelmno, Poland, June 13. A combination of privates and specialists taught the Polish soldiers infantry tactics, hand signals and bounding maneuvers as Exercise Anakonda 2016 begins to wind down....
Story by Staff Sgt. Brad Miller | 326th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.13.2016
CHELMNO, Poland – Polish President Andrzej Duda visited an engineering capabilities event in which soldiers from the British and German armies constructed a bridge across the Vistula River using M3 Amphibious Rigs, near Chelmno, Poland, June 12....
Story by Sgt. Hector Rene Membreno-Canales | 326th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.13.2016
DRAWSKO POMORSKIE, Poland— Heavy rains transformed open fields into valleys of mud at a tank firing range at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, which left the densely wooded trails unreachable, unless you’re driving a U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank or a Swedish army Mowag Piranha. Deafening gunfire and thick clouds of dirt became commonplace for the U.S. and Swedish soldiers......
Story by Staff Sgt. Brad Miller | 326th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2016
CHELMNO, Poland - The 361st Engineer Company, an U.S. Army Reserve unit from Warner Robins, Georgia, sharpens its bridge-building skills by constructing an Improved Ribbon Bridge on the Vistula River in Chelmno, Poland, as part of Exercise Anakonda 2016, June 7-17.The IRB can be used as a full span bridge or to ferry vehicles and equipment across a body of water. The U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers......
