Aim. The article discusses carriage rates of alert pathogens transmitted via the fecal‑oral route and brought from foreign countries to Poland by soldiers deployed to Central Asia and the Middle East. Material and methods. The biological material (i.e. stool samples preserved in a transport medium) was collected from 441 soldiers serving in the PMC Afghanistan and 76 soldiers serving in the PMC Kuwait in 2018, and then tested in Poland for the presence of intestinal bacilli of the Entrobacteriaceae genus, non‑fermenting intestinal bacilli, MRSA cocci and VRE. Results. In the PMC Afghanistan soldiers, ESBL Escherichia coli presence was identified in as many as 308 soldiers, ESBL Klebsiella pneumoniae in 2, ESBL Enterobacter cloacae in 1, KPC Enterobacter cloacae in 2 and Citrobacter brakii in 1 individual. Among soldiers serving in the PMC Kuwait, ESBL Escherichia coli presence was detected in 30, ESBL Klebsiella pneumoniae in 3 and KPC Enterobacter cloacae in 2 individuals. Conclusions. High carriage rates of the alert pathogens transmitted via the fecal‑oral route in soldiers deployed on military operations to Afghanistan and Kuwait justify the necessity to extend the range of screening tests conducted on returning from an overseas mission.