Chief Warrant Officer Tamás Zsiros
13:28 August 13, 2025Personal details:
Date of birth: 30/07/1975
Place of birth: Miskolc
Marital status: married
Military career:
15/08/2025– Command Sergeant Major of the Hungarian Defence Forces
01/08/2023 – 15/08/2025 Commandant, NCO Leadership Center of Excellence, HDF NCO Academy, Szentendre, Hungary
30/09/2020 – 31/07/2023 Support Branch Chief/Deputy Commandant, NCO Leadership Center of Excellence HDF NCO Academy, Szentendre, Hungary
16/09/2013 – 29/09/2020 Command Sergeant Major, HDF Ludovika Battalion, Budapest, Hungary
08/07/2009 – 15/09/2013 Chief of Support Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personal Assistant, Headquarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy (HQ NRDC-ITA), Solbiate Olona, Italy
01/06/2008 – 07/07/2009 Subordinate NCO, command organizations, ISR cell, HDF 34th László Bercsényi Special Operations Forces Battalion, Szolnok, Hungary
31/01/2005 – 01/06/2008 Senior Training Instructor NCO, Platoon Sergeant, HDF 34th László Bercsényi Special Operations Forces Battalion, Szolnok, Hungary
01/09/1999 – 30/01/2005 Team Leader, Long-Range Reconnaissance (LRR) Team, 1st Company, HDF 34th László Bercsényi Special Operations Forces Battalion, Szolnok, Hungary
12/7/1998 – 31/08/1999 Team Leader, Long-Range Reconnaissance (LRR) Team, 4th Company, HDF 34th László Bercsényi Special Operations Forces Battalion, Szolnok, Hungary
Foreign service experience:
2021–2022 Command Sergeant Major for COM KFOR, KFOR HQ, Pristina, Kosovo,
2014–2015 Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, Personal Assistant, EUFOR HQ, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013 CJOC – C-IED Branch Liaison NCO, IJC, ISAF, Kabul, Afghanistan
2009–2013 Chief of Support Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personal Assistant, Headquarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps-Italy (HQ NRDC-ITA), Solbiate Olona, Italy
2008–2009 Team Sergeant, Kabul International Airport Commander’s Close Protection Team, Kabul, Afghanistan
2007–2008 Senior Advisor/Chief Training Instructor, NATO Training Mission–Iraq (NTM-I) for training the Iraqi Guard and Security Battalion, Baghdad, Iraq
2004–2005 Platoon Sergeant, 1st Light Infantry Company, Kabul, Afghanistan
2001–2002 Team Leader, HDF Guard and Security Battalion, KFOR, Pristina, Kosovo
Courses:
04/2025 Conduct After Capture (CaC) Training and Instructor (CaCI) Course, HDF NCO Academy, Szentendre, Hungary
2021 NATO Command Senior Enlisted Leaders Course, NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany (NATO’s top-level CSEL course)
06/2018 Commandant Pre Command Course, US Army Sergeants Major Academy, El Paso, TX, USA (training and development course for leading the HDF NCO Academy)
03/2018 Master Resilience Training Course, The University of Pennsylvania, El Paso, TX, USA (course preparing for coping with and successfully reacting to everyday challenges and tasks of the military vocation and civilian life)
2017–2018 US Army Sergeants Major Course, US Army Sergeants Major Academy, El Paso, TX, USA (training course for command sergeant majors of the US Army)
2015–2016 Command Senior Enlisted Leaders (CSEL) Course, HDF NCO Academy, Szentendre, Hungary. “Primus Inter Pares” Award.
2008 SWAT Close Protection Training, International Training Centre, Budapest, Hungary
2007 US Army Special Forces Train the Trainer Course, Szolnok, Hungary
2007 HK MP5 Operator and Instructor Training, Szolnok, Hungary
2006 Special Forces Qualification Course, Szolnok, Hungary
2005 United States Marine Corps (USMC) Basic Amphibious Reconnaissance Course, Fort Story, Norfolk, VA, USA
2003 “Distinguished International Student” graduate at the Special Forces Qualification Course (SF Weapons Sergeant Training Program) of the US Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, NC, USA
2000 Basic Military Free-Fall Training Course, Szolnok, Hungary (currently 177 parachute jumps)
1998 Long-Range Reconnaissance and Training Sergeant (Distinguished Graduate), Reconnaissance Program, HDF Military Vocational School and Student Hostel, Szentendre, Hungary
1997 Basic Parachuting Course, Szolnok, Hungary
University:
Security Policy Expert (ongoing; expected completion date: July 2026), Security and Defence Policy Program, International Studies, Milton Friedman University, Budapest, Hungary
Language Qualification:
English STANAG 3333
English Advanced “C”
Medals and Decorations:
Hungarian Outstanding Service Medal “Gold”
Hungarian Outstanding Service Medal “Silver”
Hungarian Outstanding Service Medal “Bronze”
Hungarian Distinguished Service Medal “Silver”
Long-Term Foreign Service Medal
Hungarian Peacekeeping Service Medal (7×)
Hungarian Migration Crisis Management Service Medal
Flood Control Service Medal (2×)
Hungarian Military Service Medal Grade II (after 20 years of service as NCO)
Hungarian Military Service Medal (after 10 years of service as NCO)
NATO Non-Article 5 Service Medal for KFOR CSM activity
2022 Italian Armed Forces Service Medal, Pristina, Kosovo
2022 Slovenian Armed Forces “Medal for International Cooperation Grade IV”, Pristina, Kosovo
2022 US Army Joint Service Achievement Medal
2018 US Army NCO Professional Development “Level 5” Medal
2018 US Army Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal
2016 “Primus Inter Pares” Award, CSEL Course, Szentendre, Hungary
2013 US Army Commendation Medal
2010 “NCO of the Year” Award, NATO NRDC-ITA, Solbiate Olona, Italy
2010 “NCO Quarter of the Year” Award, NATO NRDC-ITA, Solbiate Olona, Italy
2009 US Army Achievement Medal
2003 “Distinguished International Graduate”, US Army Special Forces Course, Fort Bragg, NC, USA
Country defence Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025 shows guarantee of security of Hungarian people
14:25 September 26, 2025
As the largest-scale military maneuvers since the regime change, country defence Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025 shows the guarantee of the security of Hungarian people – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in the Hungarian Defence Forces Central Training Area and Shooting Range, near Hajmáskér in his speech delivered on the Distinguished Visitors’ (DV) Day, 25 September.
ADHU 25: Reservists in the Focus
13:51 September 26, 2025
The HDF 4th Territorial Defence Regiment is playing a significant role in the pre-planned, joint and whole-of-government defence exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025, held within NATO frameworks. Our photo selection shows what kind of tasks reservists received.
The Hungarian-Egyptian Joint Military Committee held its third meeting in Budapest
10:34 September 26, 2025
The future prospects of our defense relations and the mutual assessment of our successfully delivered military programmes over the past year constituted the main topics for discussion at the third meeting of the Hungarian-Egyptian Joint Military Committee (MJC) organized in Budapest on September 24-25. The Hungarian delegation at the committee meeting was led by Colonel István Hajnal, Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense, whilst the Egyptian military delegation was led by Brigadier General Sameeh Yahia Hamed Khodier, Egyptian Co-Chair of the MJC.
Turkish Soldiers Join Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025
13:39 September 25, 2025
Besides Hungarian servicemembers, other nations’ forces also participate in the pre-planned, joint and whole-of-government defence exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025, held within NATO frameworks.
ADHU 25: Preparedness on All Levels
12:57 September 25, 2025
The Hungarian Defence Forces prepared with a professional day and a rehearsal for the visitors’ day of Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025. One of the most complex, largest-strength phases of the pre-planned, joint and whole-of-government country defence exercise was held at the HDF Central Training and Shooting Range, where land, air and special operations forces introduced joint, combined-arms combat, together with international allies. General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of the HDF Defence Staff, told us, in relation to task execution, that the Hungarian Defence Forces introduced their whole spectrum, from the tactical to the strategic level.
They Finished Second Place
11:28 September 25, 2025
The national parachute team of the Hungarian Defence Forces came in second at the 2025 Skydive World Cup Series in total. The sixth, and closing, competition was held in Locarno, Switzerland, with the participation of more than 200 parachutists from 22 countries.
The security of Central Europe is one and indivisible
15:07 September 23, 2025
The security of Central Europe is one and indivisible, so the only way for us is to join forces to be able to successfully tackle the challenges of the age – declared Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Bratislava, following the Annual Meeting of the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) Ministers together with the Ministers of the Western Balkans.
The Sky is the Limit – SHAPE National Military Representative Visits Ramstein
16:07 September 22, 2025
Major General Dr. László Sticz, Hungary’s National Military Representative to NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) recently had a discussion about special developments at Ramstein Air Base.
Survival at the Baltic Sea
16:01 September 22, 2025
An international sea survival exercise codenamed Baltic Bikini 2025 was recently held in the Baltics, Klaipėda Region, Lithuania. The exercise aimed at improving pilots’ and aircrew members’ survival skills in an aquatic environment. This year’s exercise was special because, besides Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian participants, two Hungarian Gripen pilots also participated.
Joint Hungarian–North Macedonian SOF exercise
13:30 September 22, 2025
As part of the defence Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025 organized within the framework of NATO, Hungarian Special Operations Forces (SOF) soldiers held a joint training program with the allied North Macedonian forces. The main objective of the one-week Cold Peak 2025 was to develop their rapid reaction capabilities – with regrouping in a foreign environment. Together with his counterpart, North Macedonian Chief of Defence Major General Saško Lafčiski, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff also observed the training in North Macedonia, which was conducted with the aim of assisting cooperation within NATO.