5 The temperature was 17 degrees Fahrenheit in Forward Operating Site Torun, Poland, when the 50th Regional Support Group (RSG), a Florida Guard unit based in Homestead, Florida, arrived on Feb. 9, 2021.
The 50th RSG is in Poland to support the European Deterrence Initiative as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve by providing management and base operations support at various forward operating sites throughout the country, and a great deal of preparation went into its arrival.
Army Col. Ricardo Roig, 50th RSG commander, gave his Soldiers the first heads-up for this deployment in late 2019. A little over a year later, the 50th RSG’s deploying Soldiers had successfully completed numerous inspections, training sessions in contracting, online classes, battle drill rehearsals, certifying validation exercises, and two, 21-day annual training periods back-to-back, all while having approximately 80 percent of the unit on active duty as part of the Florida Guard’s COV