One Polish soldier stand alongside other polish soldiers

One Polish soldier stand alongside other polish soldiers as he holds his country’s flag as he waits to mach forward to the flag pole to raise the flag during the Jackal Stone 10 welcome ceremony at 21st Tactical Airbase in Swidwin, Poland Sept. 20. Jackal Stone 10, hosted by Poland and Lithuania this year, is an annual international special operations forces exercise held in Europe. Its objective is to enhance capabilities and interoperability amongst the participating special operations forces and as well as build mutual respect while sharing doctrinal concepts. The exercise, which is coordinated with U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, includes countries from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine participating in the exercise.