Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry Manzanares, senior enlisted

Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry Manzanares, senior enlisted advisor of the 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment laughs while listening to a spur candidate sing during a spur ride Aug. 17-18 at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland. BPTA Soldiers participated in a time-honored cavalry tradition that gave cavalry troops and partner nation participants the opportunity to earn and wear their silver spurs. The Soldiers are on a six-month rotational assignment in support of the multinational battle group comprised of U.S., U.K., Croatian and Romanian Soldiers who serve with the Polish 15th Mechanized Brigade as a defense and deterrence force in northeast Poland in support of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presenceat BPTA. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John Onuoha)

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