POZNAN, Poland- Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commanding general, Army Europe, gives Maj. John Zdeb, Operations officer, Mission Command Element-Atlantic Resolve, a USAREUR coin, recognizing Zdeb,for his dedication to the mission and exemplary performance during the relocation of the new MCE headquarters at the 14th Military Business Division in Poznan, Poland May 13, 2017. “I really appreciate the effort it took to move an entire headquarters and establish operations in a place that was not intended for this purpose. Like American Soldiers have always done, you adapted and you’re making it work.
POZNAN, Poland- Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commanding general, Army Europe, gives Maj. John Zdeb, Operations officer, Mission Command Element-Atlantic Resolve, a USAREUR coin, recognizing Zdeb,for his dedication to the mission and exemplary performance during the relocation of the new MCE headquarters at the 14th Military Business Division in Poznan, Poland May 13, 2017. “I really appreciate the effort it took to move an entire headquarters and establish operations in a place that was not intended for this purpose. Like American Soldiers have always done, you adapted and you’re making it work. I thank you for that and I want to know how grateful I am.” The MCE recently relocated from Baumholder, Germany to Poznan, Poland to increase the Army's capacity to provide mission command for deployed units in eastern Europe and enhance NATO Allies and Partners' capability to deter and defend against any adversarial threat and respond to any crises. Providing mission command of forces deployed to eastern Europe in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, the MCE serves as the intermediate headquarters for more than 6,000 service members conducting bilateral training operations and multinational exercises with host nation defense forces in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. The relocation of the tactical division headquarters to Poland enhances mission command of rotational forces and units assigned deployed to support NATO Allies and Partners preparedness to respond to any threat or crisis.
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