August 15 is simply a day full of pathos. It is given an equal step defilming soldiers in the streets of Warsaw, a sun reflected in flash-cleared equipment and a bang of aircraft engines that fly over the heads of viewers. I have chills (and sometimes, ashamed to admit, my eyes are glassing) all time I observe a parade on the occasion of the Polish Army. And even though I don't like lofty words and cliche all day, this is how the pathos suits me.
But present I want to tell you about a military without a pathos. I will not change by all cases of words specified as Abrams, F-16 or Apache, I will not talk about contemporary heroes in uniforms or about large traditions of the Polish Army. present I want to compose to you about anxiety, about fear for myself and where we live. And the cure for evil.
You never forget mornings like this. On February 24, 2022, I woke up early in the morning and then opened portal X. “War!”, “Putin attacked Ukraine!”, I read more entries on the site. I looked at my daughter asleep and... I panicked. "What if...? And Poland?” I had various thoughts. It's not that I was surprised, I've been in this business besides long not to know anything was about to happen. But erstwhile that happens, a man ceases to be an expert in defence, abruptly becomes a specified citizen allowed into the cog of a large story, which on February 24, 2022 turned to evil.
You know what happens next, I'm certain I'm not the only 1 who's been absorbing another dramatic news and analysis on social networks. 1 of them was information about the reaction of the Polish Army – our F-16 aircraft are on continuous combat work at the east border of Poland. I didn't think long, and I sent a message to 1 of my fighter pilots, a private friend of mine. “Tell me what is going on. How bad is it?” I asked, without knowing what answer I expected. After a fewer minutes, I received a reply: “Don’t be afraid. We are.” Believe it or not, the worst anxiety has decreased.
Unfortunately, we all know that communicative is not over. During the first days of the war, there was no day for my friends who live in the east of the country to ask me: “We see military planes flying very low. We're scared. What is going on?’ I calmed down that it was “our” that they were making certain that nothing bad happened. all time I felt that information about our military gave us all a small peace. Someone's watching so we can go to work, go on vacation, sit quietly in the chair, read a book or watch a show. Live a average life.
On the occasion of the Polish Army, we decided to prepare a short place on soldiers in the editorial board. We made a gathering and a brainstorm. Show what? Tanks, mud, then flying F-16... No, it was already. Something else came to mind. We filmed the moments that each of us experiences. The smiling, the happy, the believing that something good is coming. To last these moments, we request a sense of security, a sense of awareness that if essential individual will stand up for us. That individual is you, dear soldiers. For being here, for being able to enjoy the quiet mornings, the biggest problem of which is spilled coffee in a hurry, thank you. You're great.
![Nie spodobało się, iż nazwałam się imamką [Rozmowa z Seyran Ateş]](https://cdn.oko.press/cdn-cgi/image/trim=398;0;424;0,width=1200,quality=75/https://cdn.oko.press/2025/08/AFP__20170728__R207J__v1__HighRes__GermanyFranceReligionIslamMosque.jpg)
