A four-member delegation of the Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany) paid a two-day introductory, complimentary visit to the MoD Department for Defence Policy and Planning, on November 15. Brig. Gen. Hans-Werner Wiermann, the Deputy of the German Defence Policy was received by State Secretary for Defence Policy and Planning Péter Siklósi.
A command handover ceremony of the Romanian-Hungarian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion was held in Hódmezővásárhely on November 17. The 3rd ‘Mikós Bercsényi’ Infantry Battalion of the 5th ‘István Bocskai’ Infantry Brigade lined up at the square of Miklós Zrínyi barracks in Hódmezővásárhely.
The first rotation of HDF NSE Afghanistan is about to complete its mission in Mazar-e Sharif. The soldiers of the first rotation of HDF NSE have done their best to accomplish their tasks efficiently.
The HDF NSE (Hungarian Defence Forces National Support Element) Afghanistan held a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of Aurel Stein.
The Slovakians are aiming to establish a Bureau of Human Services and start defence training following the Hungarian example. A delegation of three has visited HDF 5th ‘István Bocskai’ Infantry Brigade to gain experience in the related field.
According to the President of the Hungarian Republic, Pál Schmitt our country has well-trained, determined, dedicated and faithful soldiers. At the military exercise conducted at Szolnok helicopter base of the HDF the Head of State said that the military signifies not only technical and professional knowledge, but also loyalty, affection and honesty.
The conference focused on how to improve the security of troops in mission.
Hungarian PRT has helped the care of the wounded by delivering medical devices to a local Afghan doctor.
Soldiers to be deployed in Afghanistan and Kosovo have had a two-week CIMIC and PSYOPS course at the HDF Civil-Military Cooperation and Psychological Operations Centre.
"The soldiers fighting on Juta Hill have accomplished the noblest action ever. They took up the arms not for their own sake but for the sake of the homeland and the nation.” Parliamentary State Secretary István Simicskó praised the only victorious battle of the 1956 revolution.