An experienced peculiar Forces soldier, a associate of six abroad missions and 1 of the first JTACs in the Polish Army – elder Staff Ensign Mirosław Ziarniak took the position of elder Petty Officer of the General Staff of the Polish Army. This is the highest post of the Polish Armed Forces.
The fresh elder CO of SGWP is 1 of the most experienced soldiers in the Polish Army. He began his military service in 1992 at the Podoficer School and Junior Specialists in Ljubljana. A year later, he undertook professional military service in the 62nd peculiar Company in Bolesławec, where he served as a scout-radiotelegraphist. For the next 27 years, he was associated with the Commandos Military Unit in Lublin, serving, among others, as deputy and later peculiar section commanders, deputy commander of the peculiar group, and a specialist sub-officer in reconnaissance structures.
During his many years of service, he completed a number of elite trainings, including peculiar Forces Course at Fort Bragg in the United States, known as the ‘Green Beret’ course, and the ‘Depleted Air Guidance Navigators’ (JTAC). As he recalled after years, it was 1 of the landmark moments in his military path. "It was a course that tested not only physical condition, but above all the nature and ability to work as a team," he said in an interview given to the monthly magazine "Army Poland". It was then that the motto, which the fresh elder S.G.P.S. officer is heading to this day: “Here I am, send me.”
Mission experience
St. Chor. szt. Ziarniak took part in a mission in the Republic of Iraq and 5 times in the muslim Republic of Afghanistan as part of the ISAF and Resolute Support Mission missions. He is 1 of the first JTACs in the Polish Army to execute during the mission tasks of managing airspace and indicating goals for aviation. As JTAC he participated in more than 200 peculiar operations. "I knew that the presence of specified a specialist had a direct impact on the success of the operation and safety of the soldiers," he stressed in his interview with "Polish Armed Forces".
From 2021 to 2025 he served as elder Petty Officer of the Territorial Defence Army Command. – Ensign Zierniak embodies all the features of a “silent professional”, in JWK he was in my “dream team”. He is simply a large leader of the soldiers, whom he brings with him the strength of his character, experience, and individual example. His decision to take work for the sub-chief corps in territorial defence troops made me very happy" – said General Wiesław Kukuła.
Sam st. chor. staff. Ziąniak's decision to decision from peculiar troops to WOT defined as the start of a fresh phase of service. “The peculiar war is no place for older people. In WOT, I got a chance to transform my experience into the improvement of others," he said in an interview. erstwhile taking a position in territorial defence troops, he besides assured that this was not his last word. "I don't run distant from changes due to the fact that they usually mean development. And I am not going to stand still," he declared. Another promotion proves that he full fulfilled his purpose.