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
We have rearmed the air force in recent years
10:11 September 9, 2024
As soon as Hungary’s economic capacity made it possible, the Hungarian government launched a major national defence and military development program, so we have rearmed the air force, too, in recent years – said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the opening of the 29th Börgönd Airshow on Sunday, where MoD Parliamentary State Secretary Deputy Minister Tamás Vargha was also present.
One of the most modern military transport aircraft of our age has arrived in Kecskemét
14:52 September 6, 2024
We can welcome a true marvel aircraft – said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the ceremonial reception of the first KC-390 Millennium airlifter of the Hungarian Defence Forces, in the presence of representatives of the Brazilian manufacturing company Embraer, in Kecskemét on 5 September.
HDF NCO Academy Hosts NATO Training Course
12:52 September 6, 2024
The Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX) Collection and Processing in Support to Attack the Networks Course of the NATO C-IED Centre of Excellence is organized on the fourth occasion at the Hungarian Defence Forces NCO Academy.
Honvéd Cadet Program at an International Forum
13:23 September 5, 2024
“In Hungary, as in each sovereign country, defending the country is first of all a national cause”, said Dr. János Czermann, MoD Deputy State Secretary for Strategy and HR Policy at the forum of military secondary schools of the EU in Nyíregyháza. That is why connecting the fields of defence and education is indispensable, also for the sake of Europe’s future, he said in his welcoming speech, which also covered the success of Hungarian military education.
Mission for a Lifetime
12:00 September 5, 2024
The “I love it, I defend it!” campaign is a success. Many thousands of people have shown interest so far, thousands have applied, and from among them, 1,000 determined Hungarians committed to their homeland have already signed on in the Hungarian Defence Forces to strengthen Hungary’s defence as territorial defence reservists – this was announced by Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky. As recruits, several Olympians, national champion athletes, ex-footballer Péter Rajczi and Norbert Schobert Jr. have also joined the reserve force due to the campaign.
Head of NATO ACT Strategic Foresight Branch Appointed New VIKI CEO
18:42 September 4, 2024
As of 1 September, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky appointed Dr. Gergely Németh the new CEO of the Defence Innovation Research Institute (VIKI).
Moonstar 2024
15:42 September 4, 2024
The Hungarian Defence Forces are conducting a multinational tactical exercise codenamed Moonstar 2024 on the Central Training Area and Range in the first half of September. The primary objectives of the exercise involving Hungarian, Polish and Slovak territorial defence reserve forces are to build subunit cohesion in the field, certify the reservists’ readiness and assess the skills they have acquired so far.
EUFOR Soldiers Help at an Accident
15:37 September 4, 2024
Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky praised on his social media page those Hungarian soldiers serving in the HDF EUFOR Contingent who recently helped at an accident in the area of operations.
Trust and Friendship
15:34 September 4, 2024
Central celebrations were recently held in Besztercebánya (Banska Bystrica) to mark the 80th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising. Chief of Defence General Dr. Gábor Böröndi also participated in the celebrations. Hungary was represented by a parade platoon of the HDF “vitéz Szurmay Sándor” Budapest Garrison Brigade’s 32nd Life Guard Regiment at the military parade held as a part of the program, and a Gripen of the HDF 101st Aviation Wing made the event more colourful with a flypast.
“Ready and able to do everything for the country”
15:15 September 4, 2024
“We must always solve the insoluble situations, and, at the same time, we must always be ready to defend the homeland” – said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Matthias Church, Budapest, at a Thanksgiving Holy Mass celebrated to mark the 338th anniversary of the liberation of Buda.