Illinois National Guard Senior Leader Visit to Poland [Image 8 of 14]

POLAND

05.23.2019

Photo by Lt. Col. Bradford Leighton 

Joint Force Headquarters - Illinois National Guard Public Affairs

The Illinois National Guard has had a strategically important State Partnership Program with the Polish military for more than 25 years. As part of the program The Adjutant General and other senior leaders visit Poland at least once a year. In 2019 that official senior leader visit took place in May. A senior leader team from the Illinois National Guard met with the Polish Armed Forces General Command in May 2019. Shown from left in the front is Col. Stanley Manes, the Commander of Area Support Group-Poland; Maj. Brad Shelton, the U.S. Army Europe General Command Liaison Officer; Commander of General Command Lt. Gen. Jarosław Mika; The Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard Brig. Gen. Richard Neely; Polish Land Forces Inspector Brig. Gen. Wojciech Grabowski; and Deputy Commander of General Command Maj. Gen. Jan Sliwka. In the back from the left are Col. Krzystof Liwski, the Chief of the International Cooperations Branch; Col. Clayton Kuetemeyer, the Illinois National Guard Chief of the Joint Staff; Brig. Gen. Piotr Błaseusz, the General Command Chief of Staff); Command Sgt. Maj. Sean Carney, the Command Sergeant Major for the Illinois Army National Guard; Command Sgt. Maj. Krzystof Gadowski, the Command Sergeant Major of General Command; Maj. Jeramy Miles, the Bilateral Affairs Officer at U.S. Embassy Warsaw; Col. Daniel McSeveney, the Commander of the 183rd COS; Lt. Col. Roman Graczyk, the Training Specialist for the International Training Branch; and Lt. Col. Chad Ryther, the U.S. Air Force Poland Poland Desk Officer. — in Warsaw, Poland.

• Date Taken: 05.23.2019
• Date Posted: 05.24.2019 06:14
• Photo ID: 5395803
• VIRIN: 190523-A-OH563-911
• Resolution: 1032x579
• Size: 172.21 KB
• Location: PL