{"id":40456,"date":"2023-11-17T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=40456"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:15:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T22:15:23","slug":"task-force-marne-soldiers-visit-local-school-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=40456","title":{"rendered":"Task Force Marne Soldiers visit local school in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Lindhurst, a tank loader with Bravo \u201cBarbarian\u201d Company, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, makes a craft with a student of Primary School Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski in Ro\u017cy\u0144sk Wielki, Poland, Nov. 15, 2023. Task Force Marne Soldiers met with students and faculty to learn more about each other\u2019s cultures. The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America\u2019s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar Salazar Jr.)
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\n U.S. Army Cpl. Daemazejah Corbett, a signal operations support specialist with Bravo \u201cBarbarian\u201d Company, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, makes a craft with a student of Primary School Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski in Ro\u017cy\u0144sk Wielki, Poland, Nov. 15, 2023. Task Force Marne Soldiers met with students and faculty to learn more about each other\u2019s cultures. The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America\u2019s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar Salazar Jr.)
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\n U.S. Army Soldiers with Bravo \u201cBarbarian\u201d Company, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and the students of Primary School Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski show off the crafts they made together in Ro\u017cy\u0144sk Wielki, Poland, Nov. 15, 2023. Task Force Marne Soldiers met with students and faculty to learn more about each other\u2019s cultures. The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America\u2019s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar Salazar Jr.)
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\n U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bryce Roatch, a tank commander with Bravo \u201cBarbarian\u201d Company, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, talks about Fort Stewart, Ga., to the Polish students of Primary School Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski in Ro\u017cy\u0144sk Wielki, Poland, Nov. 15, 2023. Task Force Marne Soldiers met with students and faculty to learn more about each other\u2019s cultures. The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America\u2019s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar Salazar Jr.)
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\n U.S. Army Soldiers with Bravo \u201cBarbarian\u201d Company, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, meet with the school staff of Primary School Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski in Ro\u017cy\u0144sk Wielki, Poland, Nov. 15, 2023. Task Force Marne Soldiers met with students and faculty to learn more about each other\u2019s cultures. The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America\u2019s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar Salazar Jr.)
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\n U.S. Army Cpl. Daemazejah Corbett, a signal operations support specialist with Bravo \u201cBarbarian\u201d Company, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, shakes the hand of a Polish student of Primary School Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski in Ro\u017cy\u0144sk Wielki, Poland, Nov. 15, 2023. Task Force Marne Soldiers met with students and faculty to learn and exchange each other\u2019s cultures between the U.S. and Poland. The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America\u2019s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar Salazar Jr.)
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RO\u017bY\u0143SK WIELKI, Poland \u2014 U.S. Army Soldiers with Task Force Marne visited a local school to learn about Polish culture and to familiarize Polish children with American culture near Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Nov. 15, 2023.<\/p>\n

A group of U.S. Army Soldiers with Bravo \u201cBarbarian\u201d Company, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, serving as part of NATO\u2019s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland, met with the school staff and students of Primary School Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski as part of an effort to learn about Polish culture and connect with local citizens.<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Bryce Roatch, a tank commander with Barbarian Company, explained that with the large, nearby presence of the NATO base, it\u2019s important to help the children understand that the Soldiers are friendly and not scary and why they are serving in Poland. Likewise, learning about Polish culture and history helps the American Soldiers understand why their service in Poland is so important.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an opportunity for us not just to show that we\u2019re scary beings with big scary vehicles,\u201d Roatch said. \u201cWe\u2019re actually here to learn and understand what\u2019s going on with the local kids here. It\u2019s a huge way to show the next generation of Polish children that this is not only a cool opportunity; it\u2019s very fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy idea for cooperation with Battle Group Poland when I became the director of our school in 2018 was that children have the opportunity of meeting new cultures without going out of school,\u201d Grzegorz Kacperski, the director of Primary School Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski, said. \u201cBecause we, geographically, have this honor that you are near here. We wanted to take the benefit [of teaching Polish culture] for American Soldiers not just as Soldiers but mainly as American Citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students taught the Soldiers about Poland\u2019s history and one of Poland\u2019s most notable figures in its struggle for independence.<\/p>\n

\u201cJ\u00f3zef Pi\u0142sudski was the most important person in Polish independence after 1918,\u201d Kacperski said. \u201cAmerican Soldiers are here to help us keep our independence. Leaving Poland, they should know, first of all, why they were here\u2026 for Polish people they are [helping to keep] the independence which was started by Pi\u0142sudski.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roatch, in turn, gave a presentation to the students about the culture of the U.S. Army, the state of Georgia, and the United States. The Soldiers also did some arts and crafts with the students, which allowed them to learn words in each other\u2019s languages, as well as their interests and backgrounds. The Soldiers toured the school and answered the students\u2019 questions in different classrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children here are really smart and nice,\u201d Cpl. Daemazejah Corbett, a signal operations support specialist with Barbarian Company, said. \u201cThey asked me a lot of questions, so I got to talk to them a lot. I had a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s very fun, because I get to see my Soldiers interact and grow in not just public speaking but also being able to see the different attributes and ways that cultures talk, and do similar things that we do over in Georgia,\u201d Roatch said. \u201cGetting to watch them sit down and relate is notably critical to their growth in being NCOs and Soldiers, but I think it\u2019s critical in our future here and for them when they end up being staff sergeants and sergeants first class.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to talk to some of the children, where we learned a little about them,\u201d Corbett said. \u201cI\u2019m realizing that we\u2019re all kind of the same in a way. They like some of the stuff I did\u2026 I connected with them a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roatch believes that it is important for Soldiers to get comfortable interacting with local populations, whether it be in Poland, the Middle East, or wherever they may be serving, so they can build trust and positive relations with local populaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here for now, but we don\u2019t know where the conflict is tomorrow,\u201d Roatch said. \u201cA lot of these Soldiers \u2014 they may stay in or they may not \u2014 when they become my position, it’s important for me and for them to see that they need to be able to trust their community when times are tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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