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      Nacionalne simbole na uniformama nosi svi pripadnici poljskih oružanih snaga. Poljski orao kao našitak (patch) se nosi na rukavima paradne i službene uniforme. Kada služe u međunarodnim misijama svi pripadnici nose oznake na lijevom rukavu, a kod kuće od 1996. nose državne zastave na obadva rukava. Isti se znak nosi naa prsima pilotskog kombinezona i džepovima specijalnih unifrmi avijacije i mornarice. „Vojnog orla“ nose svi pripadnici oružanih snaga na kapama i na dugmadima uniformi.

      National symbols are worn by soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces on their army dress as patches. The Polish Eagle patch is worn on parade and everyday uniforms. All Polish servicemen who serve abroad wear their national patches on the left sleeve. All serviceman wear white and red national colors patch on both sleeves of their field uniforms from 1996. The same patch is worn over the rank patch on a left breast of pilot's overalls and of special Air Force and Navy dresses. Essential elements placed on uniforms are marks of military forces status. There are army eagles worn by all soldiers on caps and uniform`s buttons.

GROUND FORCES  KOPNENA VOJSKA

      The Wojska Lądowe (Land Forces) are a military branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland. They currently contain some 106,000 active personnel and form many components of European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history stretches back for hundreds of years – since the 10th century, but Poland's modern army was formed after 1918.

PODHALE RIFLES  PODHALSKI STRELCI

Podhalski strelci (poljski jezik: Strzelcy podhalańscy) tradicionalno je ime planinskih pješačkih jedinica Poljske vojske. Formirani 1918. godine od dobrovoljaca iz regije Podhale, 1919. godine manji odredi strelaca Podhale formirali su dvije brdsko-pješačke divizije, 21. brdsko-pješadijsku i 22. brdsko-pješadijsku diviziju, kao i tri brigade planinske pješadije i smatrani su elitnim jedinicama Poljske vojske.

06. 05. 1993. godine, po zapovijedi načelnika General štaba, formirana je 1. streljački bataljon Podhale (1. bataljon Strzelców Podhalańskich, 1bSP), čineći dio 21. planinske brigade Podhale. Godinu dana kasnije, ministar narodne obrane, odlukom br. 44 od 12. 05., naredio je 1. streljačkom bataljonu Podhale iz Rzeszówa da preuzme ime Brig. General Józef Kustron.

      Podhale Rifles (Polish language: Strzelcy podhalańscy ) is the traditional name of the mountain infantry units of the Polish Army. Formed in 1918 out of volunteers of the region of Podhale, in 1919 the smaller detachments of Podhale Rifles were pressed into two mountain infantry divisions, the 21st Mountain Infantry and 22nd Mountain Infantry Divisions, as well as into three brigades of mountain infantry and were considered elite units of the Polish Army.

      On May 6, 1993, by order of the Chief of the General Staff, the 1st Podhale Rifle Battalion (1. Batalion Strzelców Podhalańskich, 1bSP) was formed, forming part of the 21st Podhale Rifle Brigade. A year later, the Minister of National Defense, by decision No. 44 of May 12, ordered the 1st Podhale Rifle Battalion of Rzeszów to take the name of Brig. Gen. Józef Kustron.

ARMY MILITARY ACADEMY   VOJNA AKADEMIJA KoV-a  Akademia Wojsk Lądowych

      Vojno sveučilište kopnenih snaga General Tadeusz Kościuszko (Akademia Wojsk Lądowych imienia generała Tadeusza Kościuszki) poljsko je vojno sveučilište Kopnene vojske u Vroclavu u Poljskoj. Obučava časnike s iskustvom i vrijednostima za službu u jedinicama kopnenih snaga. Osnovano 2002. godine, vuče korijene još iz Poljsko-litvanskog Commonwealtha.

      The General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces (Akademia Wojsk Lądowych imienia generała Tadeusza Kościuszki) is a Polish Land Forces military university in Wrocław, Poland. It trains officers with experience and values to serve in units under the Land Forces. Established in 2002, its origins date back to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

MILITARY POLICE   VOJNA POLICIJA  Żandarmeria Wojskowa

      The Żandarmeria Wojskowa abbreviated ŻW (Military Gendarmerie) is a military provost, law enforcement agency formation created in 1990 in Poland, independent part of the Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Polish military police traces its history to the communist era Military Internal Service (Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna), WWII-era Service for Protection of the Uprising (Wojskowa Służba Ochrony Powstania), interwar-era military police in the Second Polish Republic, and finally some officials first created in early 17th century. In December 2011 the Żandarmeria Wojskowa has made application to the European Gendarmerie Force to become a full member state. The ŻW is organized into: Headquarters, 3 special units, 10 regular units, 2 departments and 45 regional stations.

      Simbol vojne žandarmerije je uveden pravilnikom Ministarstva odbrane iz 2001. godine, objavljenim u Pravnim novinama br 157, pod broj 1850. Slova “Ż” i “W” su skraćenica od “Żandarmeria Wojskowa”. Cijeli je simbol smješten na grimizni krug. Iz slova “Ż” izbija plamen, čiji gornji dio izlazi na vrhu iz kruga. Sve je obrubljeno vijencem. Simbol žandarmerije je izrađen u grimiznoj i žutoj boji sa bijelim slovima i vijencem.

      The symbol of Military Gendarmerie was introduced by the Minister of Defence`s regulation from December 14, 2001 - Dz. U. (Journal of Laws) No. 157, pos. 1850 of the act dated December 31, 2001. Two white letters: “Ż” and “W” are used in the symbol of Military Gendarmerie. They stand for “Żandarmeria Wojskowa” – “Military Gendarmerie”. The whole symbol is placed within the scarlet circle. The dot above the “Z” letter takes the shape of a goblet of fire, whose top part sticks out of the upper circle edge. The symbol of the Military Gendarmerie is presented in the two colours – scarlet and yellow.

BORDER TROOPS 1944 - 1989   GRANIČNE JEDINICE  Wojska ochrony pogranicza