Pentagon to Bolster Poland Presence With 1,000 More Personnel

The Pentagon said the U.S. and Poland have completed negotiations on an expanded defense cooperation agreement that will result in 1,000 additional U.S. personnel being sent to the Eastern European country on a rotational basis.

The increased presence will include forward elements of the U.S. Army’s V Corps headquarters and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in a statement on Monday. It will also have the infrastructure to support an armored brigade combat team and a combat aviation brigade in addition to the 4,500 personnel already on rotation in Poland, according to Esper.