In many missions, he showed quite a few courage. It besides turned out that Captain Paweł Danielak, a junior specialist in the Head of the Military wellness Service of the Armed Forces Support Office, had not only a call to rescue, but besides an organizational talent. The officer is 1 of the winners of this year's 30th edition of the Buzzygany Award.
In 2004, the Polish Army sought medical rescuers for the mission to Iraq. Paweł Danielak was 1 of the candidates who applied. “I felt like I wanted to aid soldiers injured in Iraq,” he explains. At the time erstwhile he was qualified, the colonel (today in the reserve) Wojciech Wójcicki, then commander of the 1st Military Field Hospital, drew attention to the mission. He enjoyed the engagement of a young paramedic, his optimism and willingness to act. “It would be good to have him on our team,” he thought.
After being qualified, Paweł Danielak was assigned to a medical course, after which he was completed with the rank of corporal, and in the mediate of the 3rd shift of the Polish military contingent in Iraq he went to Karbala – to the medical section of the 2nd conflict Group. On the next shift he served in Diwanija. “It was a dangerous region and a dangerous time,” he recalls.
Upon his return to Poland, a volunteer volunteered for the 1st Military Field infirmary in Bydgoszcz. He became 1 of the most experienced paramedics of this unit. “When I put any task before him, I knew he would do it for five,” says Colonel Wojciech Wójcicki. He reports that he was besides valued by peculiar forces soldiers, with whom paramedics of the 1st Military Field infirmary met at trainings at the camp. “They were always happy to work with him,” he adds. But he caught the mission bug.
He utilized his skills, experience and cognition as a medical lifeguard during another military operation in Iraq and on 5 PKW changes in Afghanistan.
Col. Wojciech Wójcicki emphasizes that during the IX and X PKW changes, Afghanistan, kp. Danielak was the only Polish soldier of the ground troops allowed to fly with American rescuers flying on Black Cotton. “It was a large honor,” he admits.
It was Black Hawk that Captain Danielak flew to the rescue erstwhile on July 21, 2011, 1 of the MRAPs, which the Polish soldiers moved in Afghanistan, drove into a mine trap. The vehicle turned its wheels and crushed my left arm. Paweł Danielak saved my life, pulled me from MRAP – he says Sgt. Sgt. Tomasz Roszatowski. The lifeguard managed to rise the will to fight for life in a badly wounded soldier, which helped with the evacuation.
– I said he had to aid me due to the fact that I couldn't get him out myself. And abruptly Tomek lifted up on his right hand, though he had a bruised elbow and a twisted wrist," recalls Paul Danielak. He admits that he and an American doctor broke the procedures at the time due to the fact that they joined the rescue action on the ground and Danielak took command.
Since 2022, Capt. Danielak serves as a junior specialist in the Operations and Media Division of the Military wellness Service of the Armed Forces Support Office in Bydgoszcz. He finished early. Officer course In Academy of Land Forces in Wrocław.
Former Head of wellness Service of the Armed Forces Support Inspectorate Colonel (today in reserve) Janusz Walendzik praises the service of his subordinate officer. He saw the effects of his work on a mission in Afghanistan erstwhile injured soldiers were sent to the infirmary at the base in Ghazni, which he led.
– He was a lifeguard. He was looking for solutions, not an excuse not to do something. He acted decisively and rapidly, and on the battlefield under fire he was frequently only on his own – he says about the subordinate. Therefore, Colonel Walendzik decided to usage Captain Danielak's cognition and experience to coordinate the medical rescue activities of the Inspectorate of Assistance in the field of basic medical assistance – during military exercises or visits of abroad delegations.
For 2 years, Captain Danielak has besides been coordinating the implementation of the EDCA Agreement (on enhanced defence cooperation between the United States and Poland) with respect to the first level of medical security. He ensures that American soldiers stationed in Poland have access to medical care.
In the process of implementing this agreement, Capt. Danielak worked closely with U.S. Army Colonel Jesse Langerud, who calls his Polish partner 1 of the most talented medics he has always met. He besides draws attention to his passion for sharing cognition and utilizing his own experience to train subsequent generations of soldiers. Cf. Marcin Konieczny, a junior specialist in the department of medical planning at the Head of the Military wellness Service in the Inspectorate of Support, emphasizes that Captain Danielak is simply a soldier with quite a few combat experience, who besides found himself in the vertical management when, for example, global agreements should be negotiated and coordinated.
Also kmdr drug. Piotr Antoszewski, head of the Operations and Medical Division of the Military wellness Service of the Armed Forces Support Office, praises Captain Danielak. "He is competent and independent in the actions he takes," he stresses.
As part of his duties, Captain. Danielak presently coordinates the activities of medical rescuers of more than 30 medical entities, mainly outpatients, subordinate to the Head of the Armed Forces Support Inspectorate in the country, and supports the presence of allied troops in Poland, including American ones, under global agreements. The officer, among others, organizes medical conferences and visits of representatives of medical personnel of the American military in Poland.
When asked why a corporal paramedic wanted to become an officer, Captain Danielak answers that this was due to the sword. This white weapon was handed to him solemnly by Gen. Sławomir Wojciechowski, a erstwhile operational commander of types of armed forces, for saving the life of Tomasz Roszatowski. “At that time, I decided that I would gain officer's cut,” Captain Danielak recalls.
