Internal Military Service

Internal Military Service
Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna
WSW
WSW
AbbreviationWSW
Agency overview
Formed1957
Preceding agency
Dissolved1990
Jurisdictional structure
National agencypl
Operations jurisdictionpl
General nature
Operational structure
Agency executive
  • Aleksander Kokoszyn
Parent agencyMinistry of National Defense

The Internal Military Service, (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna, WSW) coll. Szefostwo, was an armed military counterintelligence, military police, and military secret police within the structure of Ministry of National Defense or (MON). It served and protected the Polish Armed Forces against western and central MON institutions during the years of 1957-1990 in the Polish People's Republic or PRL.