Poland hosts largest military exercise in its 27 year history

On June 6, one of US Army Europe’s premier multinational training events, dubbed "Anakonda-16" was successfully started in Warsaw. The event is the largest military exercise carried out in Poland within the last 27 years. Anakonda 2016 brought together more than 30,000 service members from 24 NATO and partner nations (including 12,000 from Poland) together to train, exercise and integrate Polish national command and force structures into an allied, joint, multinational environment. The exercise consists of four military components: land, air, navy and special forces. About 3,000 vehicles and 105 aircraft of different types will be at the disposal of soldiers. The event will be held from June 6 to June 17. Since its inception, the Anakonda exercise, which has been organized every two years since 2006, has been prepared and conducted by the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces. In previous editions: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 nearly 50,000 soldiers have taken part in total.