{"id":36559,"date":"2018-08-15T17:48:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T17:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/15\/poland-marks-army-day-with-parade-call-for-us-military-base\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:57:42","slug":"poland-marks-army-day-with-parade-call-for-us-military-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2018\/08\/15\/poland-marks-army-day-with-parade-call-for-us-military-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland wants permanent US forces stationed there"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WARSAW, Poland \u2014 Poland\u2019s president voiced hope for a permanent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/land\/2018\/06\/25\/new-us-army-europe-commander-weighs-in-on-european-force-presence-debate\/\">U.S. military presence in his country<\/a>, in a speech as the nation put on a large military parade on its Armed Forces Day holiday Wednesday replete with tanks and people marching in historic uniforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poland is fearful of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/2018\/08\/15\/us-senates-top-republican-likens-russia-to-old-soviet-union\/\">Russia\u2019s renewed aggression<\/a>, and President Andrzej Duda said that a permanent presence by the U.S. Army would \u201cscare away every potential attacker.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military, on its own and as part of a NATO effort, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/07\/05\/trumps-nato-summit-focus-wont-include-withdrawing-troops-from-europe\/\">began rotating troops in and out of Poland<\/a> and other nervous countries on NATO\u2019s eastern flank, including Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, after Russia\u2019s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4129\" height=\"2678\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-1.jpg.jpg 4129w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-1.jpg.jpg?resize=300,195 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-1.jpg.jpg?resize=768,498 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-1.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,664 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-1.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,996 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-1.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1328 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4129px) 100vw, 4129px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polish Army soldiers salute as tanks roll on one of the city&#8217;s main streets during a yearly military parade celebrating the Polish Army Day in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Poland marks Army Day with a parade and a call for US permanent military base in Poland.(AP Photo\/Czarek Sokolowski)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poland has recently been lobbying for a permanent U.S. base and more American forces. There hasn&#8217;t yet been a response on whether Washington will agree to a move that would be expensive and sure to infuriate Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the American troops currently in Poland also marched in the parade, U.S. flags held high. Poland considers the U.S. its key protector, with some doubts about whether Europe&#8217;s NATO members really would ever come to its defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3215\" height=\"1972\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-3.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-3.jpg.jpg 3215w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-3.jpg.jpg?resize=300,184 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-3.jpg.jpg?resize=768,471 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-3.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,628 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-3.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,942 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poland-parade-3.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1256 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3215px) 100vw, 3215px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polish Army soldiers march on one of the city&#8217;s main streets during a yearly military parade celebrating the Polish Army Day in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, with the Royal Castle in the background. (AP Photo\/Alik Keplicz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duda said if the economy allows, he also wants Poland to increase its own defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP, above the current 2 percent NATO target, which Poland already meets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parade is part of a national holiday observed every Aug. 15 that celebrates Poland&#8217;s defeat of Russian Bolsheviks in 1920 near Warsaw \u2014 celebrated as a near-miraculous victory for a country that has seen more than its share of defeat and occupation in past centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We won. Yes, we won. 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