The Army now has a permanent garrison in Poland, a major milestone underscoring that country's central role as a hub of NATO support for Ukraine's fight against invading Russian forces. Thus far, however, the garrison is shaping up to be a fraction of the size of the service's other installations in three other European countries, all of which are much farther from Russian territory.
The Army's V Corps, headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky, has had a forward presence at Camp Kosciuszko in Poland since 2020, largely to manage logistics of the Pentagon's sprawling mission in the region bolstering NATO's front lines. President Joe Biden in 2022 promised to make it permanent, with that promise being realized Tuesday.
“We are proud of the declaration of President Biden regarding the permanent presence of American troops in Poland,” Polish Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said in a statement. “We have been striving for this for years, for the word ‘permanent' — and it has just become a reality.”
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It's unclear how extensively the service plans to man the newly established U.S. Army Garrison Poland. The garrison has a relatively small footprint in Poznań, one of Poland's largest cities far from its border with Ukraine, being only about the size of a city block.
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