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DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS POLISH ARMY WILL BE 50 PERCENT LARGER

Polish army soldiers of the 18th Airborne Assault Battalion receive orders to advance on a building during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 14, 2006. Senior polish military leaders visited approximately 500 of their soldiers who are training at the JMRC in preparation for their country's first-ever deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Gary L. Kieffer) (Released)

Sourced : Radio Poland Speaking to journalists in the city of Bydgoszcz, north central Poland, where he opened a new building for a NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU), the minister forecast that the number of Polish soldiers will reach about 150,000. “The Polish army will be bigger, we envisage a fundamental increase in the army,… Continue reading DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS POLISH ARMY WILL BE 50 PERCENT LARGER