First American soldiers arrive in Poland

Although they won’t be officially welcomed until January 14, the first group of US soldiers Operation Atlantic Resolve arrived in Poland on Saturday. A total of 250 soldiers from the military base at Fort Carson, in the state of Colorado, landed safely at Wrocław-Strachowice Airport. They are part of armored brigade of American troops, and will serve a nine-month (rotating) stint in Poland. From Wrocław, the soldiers travelled on to Żagan, where they will be training. "It is a big operation, currently there are two ships in the port of Bremerhaven, which unloaded the equipment," said General Kenneth Lee of the American army. Bartłomiej Misiewicz, a Polish Defence Ministry spokesperson, said that Żagan would be one of the five main sub-units were the troops will be stationed – in addition to Drawsko Pomorskie, Świerzyny, Świętoszów and Bolesławiec.  Atlantic Resolve is an operation that follows from the decisions of the July, 2016 NATO Summit in Warsaw. NATO believes that it will strengthen the security of the eastern flank of the Alliance.