ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS RECEIVE POLISH ARMED FORCES MEDAL

Polish Military Col. Edward Chyla, the Commander of the Polish Territorial Protection Drive Coaching Middle, offered the bronze Polish Armed Forces Medal to a Jackson County emergency administration technician, an Illinois State Trooper from Mahomet, an East Dundee electrical employee, and a readiness noncommissioned officer from Tinley Park on March 25 on the Illinois Military Nationwide Guard’s Marseilles Coaching Middle.
The Polish Armed Forces Medal is accepted by the Polish Minister of Nationwide Defence Mariusz Błaszczak. The Illinois Nationwide Guard Troopers acquired the medal for his or her wonderful work final Could and June with Polish Coaching Middle Troopers coaching Polish Territorial Protection Drive Troopers in Poland on mass casualty response and emergency medical care, use of the Javelin anti-tank system, and in sniper operations. Lots of the Polish trainers have helped practice Ukrainian Troopers as they combat off the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Receiving the Polish Armed Forces Medal had been:

Illinois Military Nationwide Guard Capt. Drew Weaver of Mahomet, the Commander of A Troop, 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment based mostly in Pontiac. Weaver is an Illinois State Police Trooper in his civilian life. He served because the sniper officer-in-charge of the coaching workforce final yr.

Illinois Military Nationwide Guard Sgt. Elizabeth Hernandez of Murphysboro, a senior medic for the headquarters of the 2nd Battalion, one hundred and thirtieth Infantry Regiment based mostly in Marion and a Jackson County emergency medical technician in her civilian life. Hernandez helped practice Polish Troopers in mass casualty response and emergency medical care final yr.

Illinois Military Nationwide Guard Sgt. Albert Herda of East Dundee, {an electrical} employee for RPM Constructing Options of Crystal Lake, Illinois, in his civilian life and a medic for the headquarters of the 2nd Battalion, one hundred and thirtieth Infantry Regiment based mostly in Marion within the navy. Herda additionally helped practice Polish Troopers in mass casualty response and emergency medical care final yr.

Illinois Military Nationwide Guard Sgt. 1st Class Paul Herrick of Tinley Park, the full-time readiness noncommisioned officer for the first Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment based mostly within the Common Richard L. Jones Armory on Chicago’s South Facet. Herrick can be a reconnaissance platoon sergeant within the 1-178th Infantry and assisted the Polish within the Infantry coaching.

Col. Chyla stated that he really helpful the Troopers for the Polish medals they usually had been accepted by Protection Minister Błaszczak “in recognition of excellent efforts and cooperation between the Polish Armed Forces and the US.”
Previous to presenting the medals, Col. Chyla and his workforce performed marksmanship coaching and noticed U.S. Military vary operations with Illinois Military Nationwide Guard thirty third Infantry Brigade Fight Workforce Troopers at Marseilles. Later that night, they attended a Gold Star Mission banquet in Springfield. The nonprofit Gold Star Mission conducts occasions all year long and presents faculty scholarships to highschool college students. Its mission is to maintain the reminiscence of Illinois’ fallen service members alive. A number of Polish Troopers traveled to Illinois final yr to take part within the group’s annual Gold Star 500 bicycle trip.
The Polish Territorial Protection Drive Troopers are conducting coaching exchanges all through Illinois with the Illinois Nationwide Guard this week.