Time flies so fast – which is evidenced by the fact that it passed in what seemed a blink of an eye from signing the last pages of the handover-takeover documentation between the AMT-7 and the AMT-8 to the rush in the AMT-8 mission…(Reporting from Kabul).
Objectively determining the progress of time is relatively simple. We are able to track each second of our modern age with almost insolent precision. But no atomic clocks can make us feel the subjective, human aspect of the passing of time.

Time flies so fast, which evidenced by the fact that it passed in what seemed a blink of an eye, from signing the last pages of the handover-takeover documentation between the AMT-7 and the AMT-8 to the rush in the AMT-8 mission. Three and a half months after arriving in the area of operations and a month before returning home, a modest medal parade was held to present the NATO Non-Article 5 medals.

The venue of the staff meeting was the auditorium of the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, the Dragon’s Lair. The 12-man Hungarian team was patiently waiting in front of the flagstaffs of Afghanistan, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary and the United States of America while Lt.-Col. Attila Suszter gave an opening speech and Lt.-Col. Joshua D. Bowman a historical overview and assessment. Among the invitees were Col. Mark T. Daley, Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Advisory Group, Col. László Benda, Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces Kabul International Airport Force Protection Contingent (KAIA FPC) and his deputy, Col. Gyula Kovács, Commander, KAIA Base Support Group.

Lt.-Col. Joshua D. Bowman, the commander of the international mentor wing presented the Hungarian soldiers with the medals, praising their professional standards, and then gave a surprise gift to the team.

The short ceremony finished with the traditional signing of the flag and a reception for the invitees.

(AMT-8)