As commander of the Multinational North-East Corps, he returned to Szczecin, General weapon Dariusz Parylak. Today, he took command of this most crucial NATO office in Central and east Europe. “In securing the east flank of NATO, Poland gives the best, gives the Alliance an experienced soldier”, said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz during the ceremony.
The ceremony of command transfer began before noon in the Baltic barracks in Szczecin. This is where the office are located. Multinational North East Corpswhich is responsible, among others, for securing the full east flank of NATO. The ceremony of handing over command was attended by, among others, Deputy Prime Minister, Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and commander of NATO's Allied Command at Brunssum Gen. Guglielmo Luigi Miglietta. erstwhile military representatives of the framework states of the Corps: Germany, Denmark and Poland and the states whose soldiers service in the Multinational North-East Corps, erstwhile unit commanders and local government authorities.
After 3 years of command with the unit, German said goodbye General Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart. During the ceremony he gave the banner to the Polish unit General defends Darius Paris. - I'm sending the Corps in operational and full ready to respond to any threat. These 3 years spent with officers and civilian personnel of the Corps was the most crucial time in my military career," said Gen. Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart. – Szczecin will always stay in my heart – he assured.
Gen. von Sandrart said goodbye to his subordinates, passing through the spatler who formed the Corps soldiers, and giving each of them a hand. The general leaving the unit thanked Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish. – Changing the commander of the Corps, which has been an integral part of our presence in the Alliance for 25 years, is simply a very crucial event. Thank you for these 3 years, General von Sandrart. Protecting NATO's east flank is an highly liable function, and the General has come here to serve, I think, in the hardest time since the end of the Cold War – he said. The head of the MON besides welcomed the fresh commander of the Corps. “Congratulations and thanks to General Dariusz Parylak, that he accepted this challenge, includes command for 3 years in no little demanding times. An example of today's attack on Ukraine from Russia. In securing the east flank of NATO, Poland gives the best. It gives the Alliance an experienced soldier," said the Minister of Defence. “Freedom will not defend itself, the North Atlantic Alliance itself will not defend itself, it needs strength and efficiency, and for them to be, good leadership is necessary,” he added.
The Deputy Prime Minister besides spoke of NATO's ever-increasing presence in our country, setting an example opening the rocket shield base in Redzikow. He mentioned the Polish diplomatic offensive to support Ukraine and the determination of NATO to jointly argue the threat. – We will defend all inch of our homeland, all inch of the North Atlantic Alliance, all kilometer of our land. We're not just defending space, we're defending values in the clash of civilizations. We are Western civilization, a civilization for peace. This area needs strength to defend itself, and this force is represented by the Corps," argued Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish.
A minute after receiving the unit's banner, the fresh Corps commander turned to the assembly. “As a general and commander, I have undertaken a hard mission, the top challenge a commander can face at the highest operational-tactic level, especially in an global environment,” said General Dariusz Parylak. “We are facing large challenges as a Corps,” he said.
For General Parisak it is simply a return to Szczecin. He was born in this city, and was the commander of the 12th Szczecin Mechanized Division. Before taking over as Commander of the Multinational North-East Corps, he was Deputy Commander of the 2nd Polish Corps – Command of the Land Component.
Multinational North-East Corps was created on 18 September 1999, in the year of Poland's accession to NATO. It was created jointly by Poland, Denmark and Germany. Today, the Corps' forces constitute the 22 States of the North Atlantic Alliance and allied countries. The multi-national North-East Corps now plays the function of a fast consequence combat corps in the structure of NATO forces. liable for all NATO land troops located on the alleged east flank. It is besides ready to command NATO's fast consequence forces if they were deployed in the region and so to presume work for carrying out all NATO land operations in the north-east of Europe.
