European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Focus Lith joint nato Maneu vers warsaw6 Poland czech rep. Is cooperative Bridge f 94 continued from Page 23 the polish military the event had special significance. Gogolewski left Poland in 1979 As a political refugee he later joined the guard As a communication specialist so he could go Hack to Poland in Case War broke put. It was very emotional to meet my friends i left so Jong ago. I never thought it would be possible for the american army to be Here training with the polish As friends he said. " \ Marta Szymanska who recently moved to Germany after living in Poznan for 20 years was Back Home visiting her parents just prior to the exercise. Everything was positive for Arnerich in the press the 25-year-old Szymonska said. The mood was that the exercise would help Speed up Poland s membership in nato she said. -.,. A she said the feeling among poles is that americans Are very warm and funny Many Szymanska said live and work in Poznan teaching English or affiliated polish soldiers hold their exercise positions. Their target Range performance impressed . Counterparts. With a business her father spent nearly 40 years in the polish army and retired As a colonel about two years ago. He does t like the military russians  said. Szymanska said poles viewed the exercise As an Opportunity to get to know each other rather than to compare each  they have their own tactics and techniques said capt. Michael Pemrick who commanded one of five mixed nationality companies consisting of czech German polish and american platoons. Most of them Don t have the equivalent of a first sergeant to handle the administrative needs of a company he said. Nor do they have a professionally developed no corps like the United states he said. Our cos have More responsibility agreed 1st it. Clayton Lowe executive officer of co c. I think it s going to change slowly Lowe said of the Eastern european countries command and control. They re polish and czech soldiers mainly draftees so they Don t make the ranks said sgt. Stephen Parnell. The training also involved inspecting each other s weapons and other military hardware. When i first started working with polish pilots i found out they were not so different from myself said chief warrant officer 3 Ted Golab an Illinois National guardsman who Speaks polish and helped coordinate operations. We talked Pilot talk bragged about who had the most flight hours and boasted on the abilities of our aircraft a. \ ".-.-. After spending several hours talking with them face to face i feel like they Are old friends that i have known for years said Golab a second generation polish american. They re just As curious As we Are if not More said sgt. Kenneth Cook they were really curious about Pur Bradley fighting soldiers practice exiting a helicopter during a patrol. 24 the stars and stripes wednesday september 28,1994