Colonel Tadeusz Sapierzyński (born 1 April 1958 in

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) is a Polish Army officer, former commander of the special forces unit "

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", from 2004 until 2006.Pawel Wronski,

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, "Zmiana dowódcy GROM-u", 2004-01-2

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'', "Dowódca GROM rezygnuje z funkcji", 2006-01-20

/ref> A graduate of the " Tadeusz Kościuszko Land Forces Military Academy" in

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/ref> and the " National Defence University in Warsaw. He served in command and staff positions in reconnaissance units, among others in the "4th Mechanized Division", in landing-assault units, among others he was commander of the "10th Landing-Assault Battalion" of the "6th Landing-Assault Brigade", and aeromobile units, among others he was chief of the staff of the "25th Air Cavalry Brigade".Ministerstwo Obronny Narodowej, "Płk T. Sapierzyński nowym dowódcą jednostki GROM", 2004-01-2

/ref> He served as commander of Polish military contingents in the

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and two times in

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. He was commander of the "Nordic-Polish Battle Group" of

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. From 11 February 2004 to 23 February 2006 he was commander of the special forces unit "

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