This year there will be one more time a large parade. I am very happy about this and I want to emphasise my gratitude to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, for continuing this very beautiful tradition," said president Andrzej Duda, who took part in a group of pedestrian wards before the Polish Military Festival.
August 15 is in a fewer days. Soldiers have been preparing for a solemn parade for almost a week. At the airport Warsaw-Babyce there is simply a group of pedestrian wards. This is the 5th day of our group. Today, the soldiers were greatly honored due to the fact that the president had visited us. Mr Andrzej Duda has come to see at what phase of preparation the part of the parade is on ft – says Colonel Artur Sak, the spokesperson for the Warsaw garrison command.
The commander of the armed forces took part in the first part of the trial. It included a program item for his arrival at defilade and the passage to the honorary grandstand from which he watched the march of the subdivisions. The trial plan besides included the President's speech. Andrzej Duda thanked the soldiers for preparing the parade. "This is primarily a immense human effort, for which I thank you very much," said the President.
He emphasized the momentum of the event and pointed out that the goal of the parade is not only a military show. We besides treat this as a kind of exercise. It's moving armed forces, moving soldiers, moving equipment. It is not essential to tell any of the soldiers how crucial this is, especially in today's increasingly dangerous times," emphasized Andrzej Duda. He besides added that the defilada has another large task: – possibly little high-flying, possibly already unpleasant, but socially and stately very important. It is besides a demonstration of fresh equipment which has been purchased in large quantities for the needs of our armed forces for respective years.
Thanking the soldiers for their service, the president mentioned Mateusz Sitka, soldier of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade, which was fatally wounded during service on the Polish-Belarusian border. Andrzej Duda besides thanked the allies for his participation in the parade. Together with Poles, American, Romanian and British soldiers from the Battalion conflict Group participate in the group. On the parade on 15 August there will besides be a section representing NATO Joint Forces Training Center from Bydgoszcz and the Eurocorpus flag amount. In total, Wisłostrada is filmed by almost 100 soldiers of another countries and 2.5 1000 soldiers of the Polish Army. During the Polish Army holiday, you will see the equipment available to the army. The newest tanks and cannonhaubice, as well as the HIMARS rocket launchers, will pass through Warsaw. Planes and helicopters will be presented in the air, and the participation of parachute jumpers is besides planned.
The defilement will begin at 2 p.m. on Thursday.
