 During December 1993 an order of the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces created the 18th Mechanized Brigade ( Polish : 18 Brygada <unk> ) at the garrison in Białystok . The unit was formed from the 3rd Mechanized Regiment ( Polish : 3 <unk> <unk> ) and was subordinated to the commander of the 1st Warsaw Mechanized Division ( Polish : 1 <unk> <unk> <unk> im . <unk> <unk> ) . On December 31 , 2001 , as a result of the restructuring of the Armed Forces , the 18th Mechanized Brigade was disbanded and in its place was created the 18th Territorial Defense Battalion . 
