First Lieutenant Áron Schwanner
Reporting from the US: Successful Validation
11:36 July 29, 2026
The Hungarian contingent stationed at Camp Grayling, together with the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Ohio National Guard, successfully completed the US validation exercise ‘Combat Readiness Exercise 2026’.
Reporting from the U.S.: Hungarian Commanders in the Field
16:34 July 27, 2026
During the CRX26 exercise, senior officers from the HDF visited Camp Grayling. Major General Dr. László Drót, commander of the HDF Territorial Defence Forces Command, Brigadier General Gábor Lőrincz, Hungary’s Military Attaché to Washington, Senior Warrant Officer Lajos Hérincs, Command Senior Enlisted Leader of the HDF Territorial Defence Forces Command, and Colonel Zoltán Fekets, commander of the HDF 7th Territorial Defence Regiment.
Reporting from the U.S.: Different Weapons, Joint Mission
17:12 July 23, 2026
At the Camp Grayling Training Centre, the Ohio National Guard is providing M240B 7.62×51-millimeter machine guns to Hungarian reservists participating in Combat Readiness Exercise 2026 (CRX26) to carry out their training tasks. Before the equipment was put into use, their American comrades provided a detailed demonstration of how to use it safely and effectively.
Reporting from the U.S.: Flexibility Even in Extreme Conditions
14:27 July 21, 2026
The Hungarian reservists participating in the Ohio National Guard’s Combat Readiness Exercise 2026 (CRX26) are prepared for even the toughest challenges. The smoke from the wildfires raging in Canada has reached the state of Michigan, causing air quality in the Camp Grayling area to deteriorate dramatically. To protect the soldiers' health, exercise commanders ordered the temporary withdrawal of personnel from the field until the situation stabilizes.
Reporting from the U.S.: Everyone Knows the Drill!
10:48 July 20, 2026
Hungarian reservists participating in the Ohio National Guard’s Combat Readiness Exercise 2026 (CRX26) took up their designated starting positions on the wooded terrain of Camp Grayling Training Center. The area spans nearly 147,000 hectares, almost three times the size of Budapest, and is dotted with pine forests.
Reporting from the U.S.: Whirlwind Preparations
12:53 July 14, 2026
On July 12, the Hungarian contingent participating in Combat Readiness Exercise 2026 practiced combat-style embarkation and disembarkation from Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters before beginning exercises in the training area. Members of the Ohio National Guard conducted the training exercise to ensure safe task execution.
Reporting from America
11:51 July 13, 2026
The close to 100-strong Hungarian contingent designated to participate at Combat Readiness Exercise 2026 (CRX26) of the Ohio National Guard has arrived at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Grayling, Michigan. After a more than 12-hour flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III military cargo aircraft and disembarkation, the soldiers continued their journey to the training base by bus.