
The eFP Battle Group Poland is positioned to be the tip of the spear, ready at a moment's notice to engage and defend should an adversary threaten the allied nation’s sovereignty.

“Cohesion and synchronization between the other forces is very important for us.” “Exercises and training together, understanding the way that the armor, infantry, artillery and the reconnaissance elements are working together, this is interoperability,” said Ion. NATO Allies work together to create stability of the European theater through interoperability and cooperation between the allied nations within the battle group. “As reconnaissance soldiers, we’re trained to operate by day, night, in all weather, so it is a challenging environment, but it's one that we are prepared and trained for.” Freddie Taylor-Dickson, commander of The Royal Lancers, Prince of Wales Troop. Combined Arms Battalion and we are trained to act favorably with all of our NATO partners,” said U.K. “The Jackals provide a reconnaissance capability, and they work well with the U.S. “We have in our arsenal the Romanian air defense capabilities with the air defense batteries, the UK as our reconnaissance element, out in front of the battle group controlling our indirect fires or artillery that we have from both the US artillery company and the Croatian artillery company gives us a lot of capability, a lot of lethality.” said Yost.Įach nation provides a crucial and unique element to the capabilities of the battle group. Members of the eFP Battle Group Poland continual cohesive training has prepared the allied nations to operate as one synchronous military in all environments. “Acting in cooperation we have maneuvering forces, such as tanks and infantry units, and it is our mission to cover all of those forces with protection from air threats.” Florian Ion, commander of Romanian Sky Guardians. “The main mission for the Romanian detachment here is to cover air defense for the eFP Battle Group Poland, which gives the battle group more flexibility and more capability,” said Romanian Maj.

Individual nations contribute differing assets and fighting elements strengthening the overall combat capability of the battle group.

Eric Yost, executive officer of the eFP Battle Group Poland and executive officer of the 3-8 CAV, 3-1 ABCT. “The enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland consists of our partner countries of Croatia, Romania and the United Kingdom, which are all the tenant members of eFP Battle Group Poland,” said U.S. The Royal Lancers, Prince of Wales Troop, the Romanian Sky Guardians, and the Croatian Archer Battery to form a multinational fighting force in defense of the European Eastern front.Įach individual nation's warfighting functions enhance the eFP Battle Group Poland's capabilities to deter and defend allied nations against aggression. BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland – Members of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group Poland, which is currently led by the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (3-8 CAV), 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3-1 ABCT) operationally controlled by the 1st Infantry Division (1 ID), serve alongside the U.K.
