The meeting was opened with a short speech by Brigadier General Maciej Jabłoński. In his address, the commander of the 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade drew particular attention to the Brigade soldiers’ approach to carrying out the numerous undertakings they had faced in the past year: “The sheer scale of the tasks we successfully managed to meet in 2015 cannot be overlooked. We have gathered here today to draw conclusions from last year’s activities for the future, but also to emphasize the great commitment of the soldiers of the 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade to their service.
Representatives of the Military Garrison Prosecutor’s Office in Wrocław and the Military Police also spoke. The meeting was combined with an annual analysis of discipline, conducted by an officer from the Brigade’s educational section.
Next, General Jabłoński heard reports from his subordinate commanders on the progress of task implementation in individual subunits. The speakers drew particular attention not only to areas requiring greater effort. They also highlighted successes, of which there had been no shortage the previous year.
During the further part of the meeting, analyses of activities in their respective areas were presented in turn by the acting Brigade chief of staff, Major Piotr Nawrocki, and the head of training, Lieutenant Colonel Tomasz Biedziak. The latter emphasized the unit’s high achievements in sport, including first place in the overall classification of the General Command of the Branches of the Armed Forces’ Universal Sports Championship, Group One. Colonel Biedziak concluded his address with a quotation from Napoleon: “It is immoral to practice a profession one does not know.
He appealed to those present: “Do everything you can to be professionals in what you do.
The meeting concluded with presentations by Major Adam Koronkiewicz, who summarized the unit’s security arrangements concerning the protection of classified information, and financial assistant Major Adam Pawłowski.
The meeting culminated in the presentation of awards for outstanding achievements in performing official duties in 2015. The Brigade commander, Brigadier General Maciej Jabłoński, presented awards to:
- officer of the year: Captain Damian Ostapiak (Self-Propelled Artillery Squadron)
- non-commissioned officer of the year: Senior Sergeant Łukasz Setny (Leopard Training Center)
- private of the year: Senior Private Marcin Hammer (1st Tank Battalion).
The following were honored for the highest achievements in sport:
- Warrant Officer Mariusz Plesiński (2nd Tank Battalion)
- Private Natalia Szczęsnowicz (Self-Propelled Artillery Squadron).
Second Lieutenant Natalia Sikora was named the Brigade’s Fire Champion, while Second Lieutenant Jacek Niemyjski was named champion (both are from the Self-Propelled Artillery Squadron).
The following were honored for effective performance of tasks related to the protection of classified information:
- Major Krzysztof Kacperek (Leopard Training Center)
- Junior Warrant Officer Marek Świechowski (1st Tank Battalion)
- Junior Warrant Officer Romuald Jułga (Classified Information Protection Division).
Other awards:
- best Brigade duty officer: Lieutenant Robert Szombierski (1st Tank Battalion)
- best assistant to the Brigade duty officer: Second Lieutenant Dominik Kłosowski (Anti-Aircraft Squadron) and Warrant Officer Jerzy Maślanka (Command Battalion)
- best duty officer of the technical equipment park: Sergeant Krzysztof Garczyński (Logistics Battalion)
- best assistant to the duty officer of the technical equipment park: Private Grzegorz Kowalów (Logistics Battalion)
- best subunit chief: Senior Warrant Officer Krzysztof Ziółkowski (Mechanized Battalion)
- best subunit technician: Senior Warrant Officer Sebastian Fiedukowicz (1st Tank Battalion)
- best security team commander: Senior Corporal Mariusz Majda (Logistics Battalion)
- best commander in terms of military discipline: Lieutenant Colonel Piotr Jaraczewski (Anti-Aircraft Squadron)
- best general-purpose subunit commander: Captain Marek Łągiewka (1st Tank Battalion)
- best support subunit commander: Captain Tomasz Gabrych (Anti-Aircraft Squadron)
- best support subunit commander: Captain Mariusz Antkowiak (Command Battalion).
Captain Adriana Wołyńska 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade/ii