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12:01 May 14, 2024
On the fourth day of the multinational Exercise Brave Warrior 2024, an Italian rifle company of the NATO Forward Land Forces Battle Group (NATO FLF BG) carried out a live fire exercise (LFX) with armored Centauro Reconnaissance Anti-Tank Vehicles, towed 155mm FH-70 field howitzers, 120mm heavy mortars and Iveco LMV Light Multirole Vehicles as infantry fighting vehicles. In the afternoon, the main role in the Bakony Hills was being played by the Hungarian soldiers and their anti-armor Carl Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles, as the personnel declared to the FLF rifle company are continuously training for the Combat Readiness Evaluation of Land Headquarters and Units (CREVAL) validation exercise.
Under continuous training
11:56 May 14, 2024
During the multinational Exercise Brave Warrior 2024, training events are taking place one after the other in the Bakony Hills.
Medical treatment quickly, precisely, on the move
15:20 May 9, 2024
“Soldiers either fight or train. We are now in the training phase. We hope we won’t need to use the knowledge accumulating here, but we must acquire it by all means”, said Major Máté Tóth on 7 May, the media day of the multinational military medical Exercise Vigorous Warrior held in the Bakonykút training area.
It Is Especially Important to Save Lives
12:38 May 9, 2024
“Wars cannot be won with weapons alone. It is also just as important to heal wounds and to save lives.” You are doing important work in this field – welcomed Deputy Minister Tamás Vargha, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence the participants of Vigorous Warrior 2024 in Bakonykúti, Hungary on 8 May. More than 1,500 representatives of 33 countries are participating in NATO’s largest military medical exercise to find common solutions and establish smooth professional communication with each other.
Multinational Life-Saving
11:35 May 9, 2024
The Romanian MEDEVAC helicopter is taking off to transport simulated, moulaged German casualties. There is a presumption of infection, so the converted Black Hawk is yet to land, when the workstation of the British Casualty Decontamination Area (CDA) is already established – working intensely, its personnel have set up their tents in approximately ten minutes. After the screening, the casualties are transported in a Belgian ambulance to the tent of the US Role-2-Enhanced (R2E) medical treatment facility (MTF). This is Vigorous Warrior 2024, NATO’s only military medical exercise.
Aircraft Arrive at Pápa in Several Waves
10:14 May 9, 2024
Exercise Swift Response, which puts NATO’s eastern flank in the centre, is part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024. At the forefront of Swift Response are those defence capabilities which help the NATO alliance system repel possible aggression from the East. Within the framework of the exercise, German and Dutch troops of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy (NRDC-ITA) arrive at Pápa to participate in an airborne operation in Romania. Our crew captured the arrival of the aircraft at the HDF 47th Airbase.
The Holocaust Must Never Happen Again
14:43 May 7, 2024
The Holocaust was the largest tragedy in Hungarian society and the whole world, and we can never let it happen again – emphasized Tamás Vargha, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence at the former Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp on Monday, 6 May.
The Government is Dedicated to Supporting Sports
13:18 May 7, 2024
The government has always been dedicated to supporting sports, which can be seen from the introduction of everyday PE lessons and the launch of the Sporting Nation Program – said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in the Puskás Aréna stadium on Monday, the Hungarian Sports Day, at the conference called “Diplomacy in Sports and Sports in Diplomacy”.
The Hungarian and the Turkish Armed Forces are Planning Cooperation in Further Fields
12:47 May 6, 2024
General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF General Staff, recently received his Turkish counterpart, General Metin Gürak – who visited Hungary for the first time – at a bilateral chiefs of defence meeting.
Another step in the cooperation between VIKI and SAAB
12:57 May 3, 2024
The statement of cooperation has been issued between the Defense Innovation Research Institute (VIKI) operating under the Ministry of Defence and the Swedish SAAB Group, including the schedule of concrete steps for the collective work – this was recently announced by Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky.