SMU GROM Combat Operations in the First Decade of the 21st Century Cover Image

Operacje bojowe JW GROM w pierwszej dekadzie XXI wieku
SMU GROM Combat Operations in the First Decade of the 21st Century

Author(s): Tadeusz Sapierzyński
Subject(s): Military policy
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: SMU GROM combat operations; Kosovo; Afghanistan; Enduring Freedom; Persian Gulf; Iraqi Freedom;

Summary/Abstract: This paper looks at the most important SMU GROM (Special Missions Unit GROM) combat operations conducted in the first decade of the twenty-first century. The analysis of SMU GROM participation has been conducted chronologically, taking into account the several changes that have taken place within the Polish Armed Forces. The fundamental capabilities, whose achievement was possible thanks to the involvement in numerous combat missions, have been highlighted too. The high level of SMU GROM Combat Teems professionalism and recognition achieved in international environment has been underlined, with special attention paid to the issue of the initially low level of skills of Poland’s top commanding structures of how to use special forces according to its combat dedication. The relevant conclusions have been added at the end of the study.

  • Issue Year: XXXIX/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 155-167
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish