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Medical supplies, sanitary kits, sewing machines and articles of clothing are included in the aid transport which will be distributed to the Afghan families in need with the help of the soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT).
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Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Admiral James Stavridis paid a three-day official visit to Afghanistan. He was accompanied by Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Budapest, who thanked the Hungarian troops for their sacrifice...
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The soldiers of the HDF Civil-Military Cooperation and Psychological Operations Center (HDF CMCPOC) recently visited the students who had arrived from Baghlan Province, Afghanistan and are now on scholarship in Hungary.
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Péter Sztáray, the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) paid a two-day official visit to Cyprus on May 8-9. His entourage included Levente Benkő, the Head of the MFA Department of Foreign and Security Policy and Tas Kelemen, the Head of the...
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On Monday, May 7 a wreath-laying ceremony took place in the Soviet Heroes’ Military Cemetery on Budai St. in Kecskemét. Representatives from the embassies of the Russian Federation and the Republic of the Ukraine in Hungary attended the commemoration which marked the 67th...
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“You are going on missions to help create a framework for nations, tribes and families living in the shadow of war so they can find the ways and possibilities of peace and stability” – Dr. Csaba Hende said in Tata on Tuesday, May 8. The Minister of Defence attended the...
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The officer cadets graduating in military economics from the National Public Service University Military Science and Officer Cadet Training Faculty and the students of the University of Defence of Brno (UD Brno) and the Vienna-based Logistics School (Heereslogistikschule) of...
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Spring has arrived in Afghanistan: the snowmelt rushing down from the mountains and the week-long continuous rain has turned the roads impassable and hundreds of houses uninhabitable, while large areas of arable land have been inundated.
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Cycle tour around Lake Balaton, joyous melodies on the Day of Military Music. Silent tribute to our grandfathers and great grandfathers at their final resting place, by the military memorial sites of the Isonzo region. Strength and mirth – respect and tribute are combined in...
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The first Sunday of May is about the celebration of mothers. The sixth rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent (KFOR-6 HUNCON) also marked the Mother’s Day in Kosovo. On behalf of the peacekeepers, Lt.-Col. András Polyák, the commander of the contingent greeted the mothers,...
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Thanks to the successfully accomplished training tasks and exercises during the last weeks and months, the commander of the Multinational Battalion – the maneuver element of
EUFOR, the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina – declared May 1 an off-duty day, so the...
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On May 2 Dr. István Simicskó, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence received Christian Schmidt, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Defence. Their discussion focused on the operational cooperation of the two countries in...
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On Thursday, May 3 the military attachés accredited to Budapest showed their skills by conducting a target practice with pistols and assault rifles and participating in a duel-shooting on the Püspökszilágy range of the HDF Support Brigade. The MoD Department for...
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On May 3 and 4 Defence Minister Dr. Csaba Hende attended the Defence Ministerial Meeting of the Visegrád Cooperation (V4) countries in the town of Litomericé in the Czech Republic, which is currently holding the presidency of the Visegrád Group.
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Defence Minister Dr. Csaba Hende held discussions with Christian Schmidt, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Defence on the opportunities of expanding the scope of German–Hungarian military cooperation.
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“Our main goal today is to lay down the frameworks of the defence industrial and armaments co-operation for the near and common future”, said Mr. Gábor Márki, the Deputy State Secretary for Defence Economy, Ministry of Defence on the second day of the German–Hungarian...
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The work of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT) is a significant contribution to the positive image of what the Regional Command North and the ISAF troops are doing in Baghlan Province, Maj.-Gen. Erich Pfeffer, the commander of the Afghanistan-based International...
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That is true indeed. The reason why the warship crews are shooting on land is not that they don’t have ships. And the reason why soldiers are pushing the aircraft on the tarmac of the citadel of the Hungarian Air Force is not that it does not want to start. Our viewers can...
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“We all know well from our history that Germany and Hungary had traditionally very good bilateral relations. After the reunification of the two German states until today there were several cooperation programmes between the two ministries of defence” – Mr. Gábor...
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The pre-deployment training for the fifth rotation of the Hungarian Mentor Team of the HDF logistic school (ISAF, Afghanistan) and the key leaders serving with the HDF National Support Element-5 (HUN NSE-5) finished in the HDF Peace Support Training Center (Szolnok) on April 27.
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Chief master sergeant Diego Cagnazzo, senior enlisted leader of the Italian Armed Forces, has paid an official visit to the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF) 86th Szolnok Helicopter Base. He was accompanied by CSM Istvan Kriston, and CSM Laszlo Toth, command sergeant majors of...
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Flashing warning lights, fire trucks, ambulances, a C-17 left stranded on the runway and lots of soldiers wearing visibility vests: what happened at the HDF Pápa Air Base on April 23 in the early afternoon hours?
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The EUFOR Multinational Battalion (MNBN), including the Hungarian maneuver company, focused on securing arms and ammo depots during their training in Bosnia-Herzegovina in April.
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The MFO mission in the Sinai Peninsula annually organizes the Force Skills Competition to provide a venue for the teams of the contingents to match their military proficiency against each other. This year’s challenging competition was held between April 17 and 19.
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With the governmental decree No. 1126/2012 (25/04), the government of Hungary extended the mandate of the HDF Mi-35 Air Mentor Team (AMT), which now runs until 1 September 2012. The HDF AMT is tasked with training the Afghan Air Force in Afghanistan.
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Zsolt Németh, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Brig.-Gen. (Med.) Dr. László Schandl, the commandant of the HDF Military Hospital paid a visit in the afternoon of April 25 to the injured Libyan people who are being treated and...
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Combat vehicles in Afghanistan operate under heavy duty conditions, due to the special terrain and climate. Their maintenance is a primary core task, because without reliably functioning vehicles, the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT) would not be able to move...
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What is to be done if a vehicle convoy runs into an ambush in the faraway Afghanistan? Whence do the attack helicopters and aircraft are called in to launch an air strike? The viewers of the latest edition of the magazine Crosshair will find the answers to these and other...
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The first musical Changing of the Guard by the palace guards of the HDF Support Brigade 32nd National Parade Unit took place before a large audience in Buda Castle at noon on Saturday, April 21.
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On April 24 the European Union Military Committee convened in Brussels under the chairmanship of General Håkan Syrén (CEUMC), with the participation of the Chiefs of Defence of the 27 EU member states. Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő, the Chief of the MoD Defence Staff headed the...
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Chief Master Sergeant Diego Cagnazzo, the assigned senior NCO of the Italian armed forces is paying an official visit to the Ministry of Defence and the units of the Hungarian Defence Forces between April 24-26 at the invitation of Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő, the Chief of the MoD...
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The residents of northern Kosovo recently requested KFOR to send military patrols into the area, in the interest of maintaining a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement during the run-up to the election.
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Led by Lt.-Col. Miklós Tajti, the Deputy Chief of the HDF Joint Force Command Operations Control Directorate, a pre-deployment site survey (PDSS) team of the planned 7th rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent recently visited Camp Slim Lines, Pristina.
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In line with the annual schedule arranged by the Department for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Defence, on Wednesday, April 18 the military attachés accredited to Budapest visited the HDF Hazardous Material Supply Center in Pusztavacs. The guests were introduced...
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Lt.-Gen. Ralph Jodice II, the Commander of NATO Allied Air Command Headquarters Izmir paid an official working visit to Hungary. Brig.-Gen. Albert Sáfár, the Air Force Chief of the HDF Joint Force Command received the guest and the members of the delegation accompanying him...
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Two air defense control officers (ADCOs) from the HDF Air Command and Control Center (HDF ACCC) participated in the multinational exercise “Lion Effort 2012” that took place in Sweden between March 27 and April 5. 1st Lt. István Ivanicskó, air defense branch chief told...
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On April 18 Maj.-Gen. László Domján, the Commander of the HDF Joint Force Command paid a visit to Potsdam at the invitation of Lt-Gen. Rainer Glatz, the Commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command.
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Metaphorically speaking, on Saturday, April 14 a C-17 aircraft of the Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) transported victory for the team of Lombard Pápa FC that plays in the Hungarian Premier League. Based on a joint idea of the football club and the HAW, shortly before the match a...
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This year Hungary is not planning to significantly reduce its contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, but it has started discussions with the allies on the timeline of the expected future drawdown – Defence Minister Dr. Csaba Hende...
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The rotation of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) took place between March 22 and 29, involving 36 Hungarian and six Serb soldiers who have started their tour of duty within the Hungarian contingent in the insular country.
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On April 12 and 13 the soldiers and heroes, the Hungarian troops of World War II were commemorated at ceremonies held in Szombathely and Voronezh Oblast, Russia. The magazine „Crosshair” by the Military Film Studio covers these events as well as Exercise Lion Effort 2012...
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Thirty-six Hungarian soldiers have served with the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) mission, while 17 soldiers and seven policemen completed their tours of duty in the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) mission stationed in the Sinai Peninsula.
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“The Polish and the Hungarian are two peoples speaking two different languages, but they are one soul” – said Dr. István Simicskó, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence at a commemorative ceremony held in memory of the victims of the Katyn...
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Of course, ISAF will not let Afghanistan down, it is only the current system that will be transformed radically. This was stated at a conference recently held in Camp Pannonia, Afghanistan. The event was organized on the initiative of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team...
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In the morning of April 10, the 11th district Fidesz-KDNP parliamentary group held a commemorative ceremony on the second anniversary of the airplane disaster at Smolensk, which had claimed the lives of Polish President Lech Aleksander Kaczynsky and other 95 victims. István...
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“Soldiers! We are standing here, bowing our heads deep in front of the opened grave. We have come here to pay our old debt to you. This is something that is due to every Hungarian soldier” – said Defence Minister Dr. Csaba Hende in the 2nd Hungarian Central Military...
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“The legal framework of the Volunteer Reserve System has been established alongside the labor law guarantees of the reservist service, and the tasks of the volunteer defence reservists and the volunteer operational reservists have been set” – Csaba Hende said in his...
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However far we are from our homeland and loved ones, we should not forget our traditions and customs! This was stated at the Easter ceremony for the troops of the Hungarian Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT) serving in Afghanistan.
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