Why so many soldiers walking on Polish streets?

Polskiej_DumyThreads: 26 Posts: 69 Joined: Oct 8, 09 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 20:36 #1
I have been in Poland for a while, and while I've been here I have seen many soldiers walking the streets usually in pairs with guns. It's not everyday but it was more than once on a wide range of times and places. Is there some war coming that I don't know about?? I've only watched the news a couple times but I think I would hear about a suspected invasion or something. Whats going on??

GregrogThreads: 3 Posts: 114 Joined: Feb 2, 09 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 20:39 #2
If you are living near some military base it's normal view for all the time. There's nothing to be afraid of.

Polskiej_DumyThreads: 26 Posts: 69 Joined: Oct 8, 09 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 20:44 #3
Gregrog: If you are living near some military base it's normal view for all the time. There's nothing to be afraid of. That's the thing.. I'm not near a military base.

convexThreads: 46 Posts: 7,185 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 20:46 #4
Polskiej_Dumy: That's the thing.. I'm not near a military base. It's not normal, I barely ever see police in Wroclaw..

jonniThreads: 26 Posts: 4,181 Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 20:47 #5
Polskiej_Dumy: That's the thing.. I'm not near a military base. Sometimes they work alongside the police to make up numbers - were they wearing red berets?

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 21:43 #6
jonni: Sometimes they work alongside the police to make up numbers - were they wearing red berets? Aren't those military police? used to see a lot of them when the national service guys were getting demobbed and going on drinking sprees. You don't see those big gangs of guys wearing flags and doing press-ups in the railway stations so much now, do you.

jonniThreads: 26 Posts: 4,181 Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 21:48 #7
Trevek: Aren't those military police? Yes. They go around in together with police in some places. One police, one red beret. Trevek: You don't see those big gangs of guys wearing flags and doing press-ups in the railway stations so much now, do you. The assembly point for soldiers at Warszawa Centralna has been turned into a coffee place.

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 22:07 #8
jonni: The assembly point for soldiers at Warszawa Centralna has been turned into a coffee place. good idea. "And we shall turn their swords into coffee shops!" has a nice ring to it.

jonniThreads: 26 Posts: 4,181 Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 22:08 #9
Trevek: And we shall turn their swords into coffee shops And study warsaw no more ;-)

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 22:22 #10
jonni: And study warsaw no more Oh that's beautiful! :-D

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Edited by: pawian Oct 12, 10, 22:57 #11

Polskiej_Dumy:

I have been in Poland for a while, and while I've been here I have seen many soldiers walking the streets usually in pairs with guns. It's not everyday but it was more than once on a wide range of times and places.

Yes, it is normal here. They have been roaming streets since 1981. Street partisans, so called.

convex:

It's not normal, I barely ever see police in Wroclaw..

Germans who inhabit Wrocław don`t need the police.

BolleThreads: 3 Posts: 226 Joined: Apr 29, 10 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 23:04 #12
I saw some german soldiers walking around town in dresden a couple of weeks ago (no joke), maybe there is something brewing....

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 23:09 #13
Bolle: I saw some german soldiers walking around town in dresden a couple of weeks ago (no joke), maybe there is something brewing.... Maybe because Dresden is still part of Germany (at least for the present). I've seen them in Wroclaw before now.

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,397 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 23:10 #14
Bolle: I saw some german soldiers walking around town in dresden a couple of weeks ago (no joke), maybe there is something brewing.... Any news about Russians? Usually, when German soldiers surface, they cooperate with Russian ones....... Silly joke, sorry.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Oct 13, 10, 00:17 #15
Global police state training :)

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Edited by: Bolle Oct 13, 10, 10:45 #16

pawian:

Any news about Russians? Usually, when German soldiers surface, they cooperate with Russian ones.......

Silly joke, sorry.

haha i was hoping to get a response from some russkies on PF (if we have any).

But seriously, the reason why soldiers can be seen on the streets at times is because they are reporting for duty. Before mandatory military service was ended, i remember seeing many young men in uniforms in railway stations waiting for trains to take them to boot camp.

Polskiej_DumyThreads: 26 Posts: 69 Joined: Oct 8, 09 ♂	Oct 14, 10, 12:44 #17
I'm not sure about them being military police because they are not walking with police like you said. Just usually two soldiers. But another question, why would police need military help?

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