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American delegation visits Hódmezővásárhely brigade
11:43 September 1, 2023
With a view to broadening the scope of future cooperation, the professional delegation from the United States European Command (USEUCOM) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Programs and International Security Cooperation visited the HDF 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Hódmezővásárhely on 30 August.
NATO medals for the heroic stand
13:43 August 30, 2023
Speaking at a recently held medal parade symbolizing the end of mission tasks, the Hungarian Deputy Commander of KFOR (DCOM KFOR), NATO’s largest land operation praised the stand taken by the soldiers of the 28th KFOR Contingent of the Hungarian Defence Forces (KFOR-28 HUNCON).
Nándorfehérvár victory commemorated in Belgrade
15:07 July 25, 2023
On 21 July, on the occasion of the 567th anniversary of the Nándorfehérvár victory, a commemorative event was held in Belgrade in the organization of the Hungarian embassy and Belgrade municipal branch of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (AVH). During the commemoration, József Magyar, Hungary’s ambassador to Belgrade, Deputy Attaché Major Attila Veres and the invitees laid wreaths at the memorial in the Belgrade Fortress and at John Hunyadi’s statue in Zemun.
Hungarian–Japanese cooperation: military medicine in focus
09:26 July 6, 2023
On 4 July, a delegation from the Ministry of Defence of Japan and the Embassy of Japan in Hungary paid a visit to the NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine (NATO MILMED COE). The guests were received by Colonel Dr. László Fazekas, Director, NATO MILMED COE.
Fuel supply specialists on Exercise Air Defender
10:22 June 23, 2023
The fuel supply specialist personnel deployed at Wunstorf Air Base, Germany of the HDF Material Supply Store Base (HDF MSSB) recently participated in Exercise Air Defender 2023, the largest air force drills in NATO’s history.
Strong bastion on international foundations
14:00 June 21, 2023
NATO’s command structure will become complete with the Székesfehérvár-based Headquarters Multinational Division Centre (HQ MND-C) achieving full operational capability (FOC) at the end of this year. The international Exercise Strong Bastion 2023 is a milestone in this process, since this is the event during which evaluators of the Alliance are conducting the Combat Readiness Evaluation (CREVAL) of the Headquarters.
The peace of the Western Balkans is the security of Hungary
13:03 May 18, 2023
On Wednesday, 17 May, according to a yearslong tradition, this year’s handover-takeover of the chief of staff positions of EUFOR Operation ALTHEA and NATO Headquarters Sarajevo (NHQ Sa) took place at a joint ceremony held in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Lieutenant General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of General Staff, Hungarian Defence Forces was also present at the event organized in Camp Butmir, Sarajevo.
Multinational, soldierly May Day
11:53 May 3, 2023
On 3 May 2022, Headquarters Multinational Division Centre (HQ MND-C) was activated as part of the NATO Force Structure. Together with the NATO Force Integration Units of Hungary and Slovakia (NFIU HUN and NFIU SVK), the military organization stationed in Székesfehérvár celebrated the first anniversary of this significant occasion by participating in the May Day Sports event of the town.
Burpee challenge in Iraq – overperformed!
18:58 April 20, 2023
On 15 April, the soldiers serving with the 16th rotation of the HDF Iraqi Training Support Contingent (HTSC-16) set themselves the goal of doing 16,000 burpees together with the personnel of the Italian contingent.
Twenty-five years of the Hungarian–Romanian Mixed Battalion
13:18 April 3, 2023
At the end of March, the soldiers of the HDF 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade also participated in a ceremony held to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hungarian–Romanian Mixed Peacekeeping Battalion in Arad, Romania.