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
Both Arms of the Armwrestler Staff Sergeant are Gold
14:07 August 29, 2024
The Hungarian national armwrestling team gave its best performance at the world armwrestling championship held in Chisinau, by winning 19 medals altogether, including 9 gold medals. Staff Sergeant Brigitta Kőváriné Ivánfi, a soldier of the HDF Military Training Centre, returned home from the championship with two gold and two bronze medals.
Members of HDF Sports Company Have Proven their Skills both as Olympians and Soldiers
13:59 August 29, 2024
Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky and General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF General Staff, welcomed the military athletes participating in the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games at a ceremony held in the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday, 28 August.
EUFOR Reserve Company Activated
09:16 August 26, 2024
On 24 August, a company of Hungarian troops, an Over-the-Horizon Reserve Force of EUFOR arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to join Exercise Quick Response 2024, the largest-scale training event of the European Union Force (EUFOR) Operation Althea. Force Commander (COMEUFOR) Major General László Sticz PhD received the company led by First Lieutenant Zoltán Ocsák at the Croatia–BiH border.
NATO Award for Hungarian Soldiers Serving in Kosovo
09:12 August 26, 2024
The commander of the Tactical Reserve Battalion of the NATO-led KFOR mission (KTRBN), Lieutenant Colonel Dávid Szent-Imrey recently presided over a Medal Parade ceremony in Camp Novo Selo to mark the end of the assigned personnel’s tour of duty.
Hungarian Air Force Day in the Balkans
18:03 August 21, 2024
The Day of the Hungarian Air Force was celebrated in Sarajevo with the participation of the EUFOR Helicopter Unit and air force troops.
Chief of Defence Staff on a mission tour
17:56 August 21, 2024
General Gábor Böröndi, Chief of Defence Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces, Brigadier General Balázs Szloszjár, Commander of the Joint Operations Planning and Control Center of the Defence Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces, and Command Sergeant Major of the Hungarian Defence Forces ensign Zoltán Kaszab paid a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo in the past few days.
The pride of the Hungarian Air Force parade over the Danube River
17:51 August 21, 2024
After the military officers’ commissioning ceremony on 20th August, the air show has always been a much-awaited event, during which Hungary’s fighter planes, combat helicopters, and military transport planes can be admired in Budapest.
Hungarians want peace, soldiers are needed to protect the homeland
17:42 August 21, 2024
On the national day of the establishment of the Hungarian state, and the day of Hungary’s state-founding king, Saint István, the military officer cadets took their commissioned officer oath in front of the Houses of Parliament. On Kossuth Square, Minister of National Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said that the long line of previous generations could never enjoy complete peace, and there has never been a period of time when trained soldiers were not needed.
They have fought the good fight, they have kept the faith
11:30 August 13, 2024
The Hungarian Olympians returning home from Paris were received by a celebrating crowd in the Puskás Statue Park. The sportsmen arrived right from the airport to receive the first words of appreciation on home soil. Besides the soldiers of the HDF Sports Company, MoD State Secretary for Sport Dr. Ádám Schmidt was also present at the event.
Multinational cross-training in Kosovo
11:20 August 13, 2024
Extremely complex and realistic – this is how one could best characterize the multinational cross-training organized by the KFOR Tactical Reserve Battalion (KTRBN), which took place at two different locations and involved close to 500 personnel at the end of July.