Capt. Brandon Thurman, the company commander for the 1st Infantry Division Mission Command Element, talks to sixth graders at the J. Kusociński Primary School No. 71 about some of his hobbies when he’s not working during a community outreach visit in Poznań, Poland, April 5, 2018. During the visit, the children got a chance get to know Thurman and eight other Soldiers from the 1st Inf. Div. MCE, from Fort Riley, Kansas, and the 53rd Movement Control Battalion, based out of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, who area all in Poland in support of the Atlantic Resolve mission. The MCE, led by th
Capt. Brandon Thurman, the company commander for the 1st Infantry Division Mission Command Element, talks to sixth graders at the J. Kusociński Primary School No. 71 about some of his hobbies when he’s not working during a community outreach visit in Poznań, Poland, April 5, 2018. During the visit, the children got a chance get to know Thurman and eight other Soldiers from the 1st Inf. Div. MCE, from Fort Riley, Kansas, and the 53rd Movement Control Battalion, based out of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, who area all in Poland in support of the Atlantic Resolve mission. The MCE, led by the 1st Inf. Div. since March, is headquartered in Poznań where it serves as the division-level headquarters between Army Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany, and two regionally aligned forces brigades spread throughout Central and Eastern Europe in support of the Atlantic Resolve mission. The 53rd MCB, also headquartered in Poznań, coordinates and executes logistics missions in support of other units deployed in support of Atlantic Resolve.
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