About Griffin Shock

 
 
 
Griffin Shock is an exercise designed to prepare V Corps and NATO Multinational Corps Northeast with the rapid expansion of NATO Multinational Battlegroup Poland in support of NATO deterrence initiatives such as bolstering readiness, responsiveness, and reinforcement. 

 

Griffin Shock is a combined NATO and U.S. Army short notice exercise that will demonstrate the U.S. Army’s ability to enhance the NATO alliance by rapidly reinforcing the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup in Poland to a brigade size Land Forces Brigade.

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The Bronze Star Medal with Valor to retired Army Specialist Gerald J. Kawecki
Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office
May 25, 2021 | 10:52
PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Oregon Air National Guard Chief Master Sergeant Dan Conner, Oregon National Guard Senior Enlisted Leader, presented the Bronze Star Medal with Valor to retired Army Specialist Gerald J. Kawecki of Gresham, Oregon for his valorous conduct during combat operations in the Vietnam War during a ceremony held on May 25, 2021 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The honor was bestowed upon Specialist Kawecki for his heroic actions and bravery under fire on November 22, 1968, in the Kien Hoa Province of Vietnam that saved the lives of four Americans during an encounter with enemy soldiers.
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