{"id":41456,"date":"2020-05-13T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/13\/defender-europe-linked-exercise-gets-green-light-in-poland\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:27:51","slug":"defender-europe-linked-exercise-gets-green-light-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/05\/13\/defender-europe-linked-exercise-gets-green-light-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Defender Europe-linked exercise gets green-light in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An exercise involving 6,000 U.S. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/03\/16\/soldiers-in-europe-for-defender-2020-to-return-home-amid-pandemic-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polish troops<\/a> originally scheduled for May to coincide with a larger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/03\/11\/us-participation-in-defender-2020-reduced-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\">division-scale exercise<\/a> will now occur on June 5-19 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/03\/27\/eib-training-deemed-mission-essential-at-some-units-but-soldiers-raise-concerns-about-potential-covid-19-exposure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area<\/a> in Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exercise Allied Spirit will involve about 4,000 U.S. soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters, as well as the 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team and 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Army Europe officials said in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 2,000 Polish soldiers from the 6th Polish Airborne Brigade; 9th Polish Armored Calvary Brigade; and 12th Polish Mechanized Brigade will also participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allied Spirit was originally intended to be one of the many linked training events across the continent comprising the much larger Defender Europe 2020 exercise. The division-scale exercise was designed to test the deployment of roughly 20,000 U.S. soldiers from the continental United States to support activities across 10 European countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cModified from its original design to ensure the safety of soldiers due to COVID-19, the U.S. and Polish bilateral exercise will feature a Polish airborne operation and a U.S.-Polish division-size river crossing,\u201d the Army Europe release reads. \u201cAll COVID-19 precautionary measures will be taken to ensure the health and protection of participating armed forces and the local population.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/03\/27\/eib-training-deemed-mission-essential-at-some-units-but-soldiers-raise-concerns-about-potential-covid-19-exposure\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6145846.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">EIB training deemed essential at some units, but soldiers raise concerns about COVID-19<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Soldiers deployed to Poland will continue an expert infantry badge train-up, as it\u2019s still considered mission-essential.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though Defender Europe was considerably scaled down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Army Chief of Staff Gen. 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More than 9,000 vehicles were also moved from Army Prepositioned Stocks to training areas in Germany, the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite assurances that strategic readiness goals were met, Army Europe is planning additional exercises over the next few months utilizing many of the original Defender Europe training objectives, the command said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Europe\u2019s 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command and the 41st Field Artillery Brigade are anticipated to participate in exercises in the Baltic Region. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is also planning airborne operations in the Balkans and Black Sea Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDetails of these training events are still under development and subject to change,\u201d the Army Europe statement reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise Allied Spirit will involve about 4,000 U.S. soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters and the 3rd Infantry Division, as well as 2,000 Polish 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