MONS, Belgium – The Commander of NATO Communications and Information Systems Group (NCISG), Major General Wolfgang Renner, visited the Polish Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) General Staff in Warsaw by invitation on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019.

 

The visit provided an opportunity to discuss NATO’s CIS Support to NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group Poland, possible future NATO Communication and Information Systems (CIS) networks in the country as well as host nation support to NCISG’s 3rd NATO Signal Battalion (3 NSB) in Bydgoszcz.

 

The Polish MOD was represented by Brigadier General Robert Drozd who joined Major General Renner for a visit to 3 NSB the following day, Tuesday, Sept. 24.

 

Major General Renner and Brigadier General Drozd were well received by Commander 3 NSB, Lieutenant Colonel Michal Klement, who presented the operations and challenges of his battalion, provided a tour around the barracks, NSB’s materiel and vehicles, then finishing with a static demo of a deployable network node, a so called LINC-E.

 

The visit concluded with an agreement by all three parties to continue working closely together on facing future common challenges.