László Szűcs - 22. oldal

“We Have Drawn Our Bow And Launched An Arrow”

2009. január 24. 10:42

In 2009, the first issue of Magyar Honvéd (Hungarian Soldier) magazine will be published on January 22. So far there is nothing special about this, for the military monthly has always left the printing office in the second half of the month. But this time, anyone can buy the magazine in the street as well. We were talking with editor-in-chief István Tõrös about this considerable change.

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New Chief Of The Defence Staff To Head The Hungarian Defence Forces

2009. január 24. 9:37

As of January 16, the Hungarian Defence Forces have a new chief of the defence staff. The head of state appointed General László Tömböl to fill the position of General András Havril, who is leaving office due to reaching the age limit.

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The Airspace Of Hungary Is Already Guarded By Gripens As Well

2009. január 18. 8:33

December 22, 2009 will be marked as a historical day in the life of the country and HDF 59th Dezsõ Szentgyörgyi Aviation Base of Kecskemét. The reason being that Gripen fighter planes entered into armed standby service on this day for the first time.

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’There Are All Sorts Of Goodies In Your Bag’

2009. január 6. 8:50

He is dressed in red, has a snow-white beard, and a sleigh pulled by reindeers. Based on these few typical features, everyone will probably know who I am talking about. Because even if anyone should try to prove the opposite, Santa Claus does exist. Saturday morning, he happened to be in Pápa and honvedelem.hu was also present at this visit.

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Tvrtko: ’My Role Models Are The Hungarian Soldiers Serving In Afghanistan’

2009. január 6. 8:39

Defence Minister Imre Szekeres was accompanied by a celebrity again on his visit to Afghanistan: this time, popular television reporter and host Vujity Tvrtko was travelling with the group to the Asian country to visit Hungarian troops serving thousands of kilometres away from their homeland.

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Palik To Train Troops ‘Off-Road’

2008. december 4. 7:32

The first off-road rally team of the Hungarian Defence Forces was introduced on November 20 in Ócsa, at the training base of Zrínyi Miklós University of National Defence. The six professional and contracted soldiers making up the team will start the preparations in January, and in 2010, they will enter the Dakar rally as well.

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Time Travel From Hungary Via America To Afghanistan

2008. november 9. 11:42

He was a chemical defence expert, then he ‘changed professions’ and worked in the field of peace operations and disaster management. He founded our country’s first military liaison office at the US Central Command, later he completed two missions in Afghanistan. Currently, he is one of the directors of the MoD Defence Bureau. We have been talking with Lieutenant József Tokovicz.

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”The Position Of The Chief Of Staff Is Relentlessly Demanding”

2008. november 9. 11:31

We have been talking with Zoltán Szenes, Hungary’s first Military Representative to NATO and former Chief of Staff.

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’Russia Has Evolved Into A Strategic Player Indeed’

2008. november 9. 11:22

From the members of the Hungarian general staff, currently Major General László Makk occupies the highest ranking post in NATO. He is the Head of NATO’s Military Liaison Mission in Moscow.

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Special Tank Driver’s Training For Beginners

2008. november 9. 11:18

Major General (Eng.) János Isaszegi, Commander of HDF Central Training Base (HDF CTB) of Szentendre organized an extraordinary driving training on October 29. At the Csobánka training base, the students and instructors of the national defence university, the non-commissioned officers’ training school, and that of HDF CTB could try what it feels like to control a T–72 tank.

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