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During Exercise Brave Warrior, the personnel of the 9th rotation of the multinational NATO Forward Land Forces Battle Group, stationed in Hungary, demonstrated their readiness. Thanks to their cohesion and the joint command structure and procedures, the Hungarian-led battlegroup successfully defeated the opposing forces hiding in the trenches of the Bakony Hills.Read more

Staff Sergeant N. P., a soldier at the HDF Special Operations Command, represented Hungary at the KAHLES FINALS 2026 DECADE MATCH international sniper competition, held in mid-October at the Le Arcate shooting range in Italy.Read more

In today’s rapidly changing security environment, the key to the Alliance’s military effectiveness lies in continuous development and rapid adaptation to new challenges. The Allied Command Transformation plays a key role in this process: its task is not only to coordinate operations across traditional land, air and sea forces, but also in cyberspace and outer space, wrote Defence Minister Dr Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi on his social media page.Read more

“Lessons learned in international environment may help the medical work in missions conducted abroad” – emphasized Major Dr (MD) Attila Kiss, Head of Ambulance Department, HDF Medical Centre at the DSTC/DATC course held for surgeons and anesthesiologists treating seriously injured patients, which is run in Hungary already for the third time.Read more

Hungarian soldiers serving at the NATO Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) in Bydgoszcz, Poland, paid tribute with a special commemoration to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight.Read more

“The lessons learned from the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are clear: the nature of warfare is changing at an unprecedented pace. Drones, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and new tactical procedures are fundamentally transforming the battlefield. What is effective today may become obsolete in a few weeks. The race today is to adapt more quickly,” emphasised Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) Admiral Pierre Vandier, who held a press conference with General Zsolt Sándor, Chief of HDF Defence Staff, at the end of his two-day visit.Read more

Chief Warrant Officer Remigijus Katinas, CSEL for Allied Command Transformation (ACT), accompanied by CSM Tamás Zsiros, Command Sergeant Major of the Hungarian Defence Forces, visited the HDF NCO Academy in Szentendre on October 26, and received detailed information on the HDF NCO training system.Read more

“I can say without exaggeration that after every course, we receive at least one message from participants in which they describe how they have saved a life thanks to the knowledge and practical skills they acquired on the course,” emphasised Dr Mark Bowyer, professor of surgery and US director of the Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) course. The course was organised jointly by the Hungarian Defence Forces Medical Centre and Semmelweis University and took place for the fifth time.Read more

Italian soldiers from NATO’s deployable communications and information system have arrived at the Alba Regia barracks in Székesfehérvár to train and demonstrate, as part of Exercise Gladiator Demonius 2026, that they are capable of rapidly and professionally deploying to a designated area to provide reliable IT and communications services to supported commands and command posts.Read more