HUNGARIAN DEFENCE FORCES ONLINE

Hungary is aware of the terrible human and material costs of war – stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the session of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) at Chiefs of Defence level in Castle Garden Bazaar, Budapest on Monday, 14 October.Read more

“Today, you took an oath to defend the homeland and the Hungarian nation. With this, you follow in the footsteps of those Hungarian defenders who during our history, lived and died with honour and defended our homeland, Hungary, for the Hungarians”, said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the oath-taking ceremony held at the end of the “Love it, protect it!” reservist campaign in Budapest on 12 October. Never have so many – 1179 – reservists taken oath in the modern-day history of the Hungarian Defence Forces.Read more

For the seventh time overall, a NATO Doctrine Development Course started in Budapest for the second time this year.Read more

Chiefs of defence of the Visegrád Four (V4) countries – among them, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF General Staff – recently reviewed the security challenges of Central and Eastern Europe as well as the issues of joint cooperation at their meeting held in Gdynia, Poland.Read more

The multinational Special Operations Air Task Group (SOATG) recently conducted a large-scale, comprehensive exercise with international participation at the Hévíz-Balaton Airport, Sármellék, Zala County, Hungary. Colonel Péter Simon, Acting Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces Joint Special Operations Command (HDF JSOC) and Colonel Ferenc Könczöl, Acting Commander, Hungarian Air Force made an on-site inspection of the combined training event conducted with foreign partners.Read more

The Hungarian drama about the military rescue operation in Kabul sets an example of military heroism, underlined the defence minister at a press conference held in the “ruin city”, Újdörögd on 9 October.Read more