Guarding the northeastern flank

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The risks we've been monitoring for respective months have remained about the same. I don't see any reason to be alarmed – this is how General Dariusz Parylak spoke about the situation on the east NATO flank today. The fresh corps commander completed the first visit to all tactical unions under the Multinational North East Corps.

Lieutenant General Dariusz Parylak took command of the Multinational North Corps Eastern late November 2024. In January he started a tour (the alleged Battlefield circumlation) after all tactical unions subordinate to the corps, which are located in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The last halt was Elbląg, where he held a gathering among others in Command of the North East Multinational Division.

– The first period after I took command, I devoted it to learning about the interior environment, operating lines and tasks that stand before the corps and its units. For another period I moved around the area of work to get acquainted with what we actually do in the corps all day," General Parylak said. He explained the motives of the visit. “The tasks that soldiers perform, I can learn from reports and meetings with the commanders during the video conference. But this is best seen erstwhile you are with soldiers during their service. It besides understands the environment and the specificity of the action," said the commander of the Multinational North East Corps.

In 3 weeks, the gene. The Parisian will hold a working gathering with the commanders of all his tactical relationships. "I have an overview of what is happening in the area of responsibility, tasks, how they are implemented and the challenges that await," he added. erstwhile asked about the situation on the east NATO flank, which is the area of operation of his corps, he assured that there was no origin for concern. – The threats we have been monitoring for respective months are about the same level. I do not see any origin for concern, due to the fact that I have seen my soldiers train in different places, how they carry out tasks and how the demonstration of the capabilities of the North East Corps affects our possible adversaries," the general said.



At the same time, the corps commander announced that he wanted to focus on what could and should be continued in the unit soon. It is besides waiting for fresh guidelines that may be passed on to NATO Joint Forces Command. “The situation in Europe is constantly developing. There is inactive quite a few concern and uncertainty about the Russian-Ukrainian conflict that affects Europe's security. These are the challenges to be met – concluded the commander Lieutenant General Dariusz Parylak.

Multinational North-East Corps with office in Szczecin was created on September 18, 1999, six months after Poland was incorporated into NATO structures. In the beginning it was co-created by 3 alliance states: Poland, Germany and Denmark. present they are 22 NATO countries and allied. The unit acts as a fast consequence combat corps. He is liable for all NATO ground troops located in Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. It is besides ready to command NATO's fast consequence Force if they were deployed in the region and so to presume work for conducting all Alliance land operations in the north-east of Europe.

Following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Alliance leaders decided to importantly enlarge the North-East Multinational Corps and delegate it as the first unit in NATO to a circumstantial area of responsibility, the alleged east flank. Under the provisions of the 2016 Alliance Summit in Warsaw, the corps was subjected to multinational combat groups stationed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. In addition, the corps is subject to 2 multi-national divisions: the North-East from Elbląg and the North with a office in Ōdaži (Latvia), as well as the Estonian Armed Forces division.

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