Most of the troops are from the 5th round of Polish personnel scheduled to leave for Iraq by end July. The core of the group shall be personnel from the 1st Warsaw Mechanized Division. They are accompanied at Nowa Deba by men and officers from US, Danish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian and Romanian armed forces, who shall be part of the multinational contingent in Iraq's south-central zone under Polish command.

The aim of the one month training is to practice anti-terrorist procedures, guarding convoys, patrolling high risk areas and conducting humanitarian aid missions. Another important aspect of their activity will be training Iraqi soldiers.