László Szűcs - 4. oldal

Two Months in the Area of Operations

2012. november 4. 6:03

The seventh rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent arrived in Pristina two months ago, in mid-August. Lt.-Col. István Kása, the commander of the contingent informed us about the activities of the recent weeks and the work of the coming months.

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The Situation in the Camp is Critical

2012. október 17. 10:59

What is to be done if a mortar shell explodes in a refugee camp, wounding a man seriously? What is the protocol that applies when someone is distributing leaflets among the refugees to deliberately misinform them? Among others, we received answers to these questions at the closing exercise of the 24th International Military Observer Course (IMOC) in Szolnok. Reporting from the spot.

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The Hungarian Peacekeeper Has Saved a Life

2012. szeptember 22. 6:03

In all probability, a Cypriot man owes his life to a Hungarian peacekeeper. The first warrant officer serving with the UNFICYP mission as a support NCO was driving her service car when a motorcyclist traveling in front of her crashed into a car. The Hungarian peacekeeper kept the injured man in a stable condition until the ambulance arrived on the scene.

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They Did Their Best in the Extraordinary Situation

2012. szeptember 18. 8:03

“It was good to see that our soldiers did their best in this extraordinary situation too, while they were working with live chemical warfare agents (CWAs) under special circumstances”, Maj.-Gen. László Domján said at Zemianske Kostol’any, Slovakia. The commander of the HDF Joint Force Command attended the visitors’ day of the exercise “Pure Golden Field 2012” on September 13.

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Troops Leaving for Afghanistan Receive Immune Enhancer

2012. szeptember 3. 10:52

“I am proud that today, through its donation, the Béres Pharmaceuticals Ltd. – a flagship of Hungary’s national industry – gives both material and moral support to the mission of the Hungarian Defence Forces, which is carried out in the interest of humankind as a whole and the Afghan people”, Defence Minister Csaba Hende stressed on Thursday, August 30 in Tata.

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Expedition Leaves For the Former Airfield

2012. augusztus 14. 8:58

The Hungarian expedition that left Szolnok for Ilovskoye, Russia on August 13 comprises soldiers and civilians. During the 11-day field trip, the researchers and historians are going to comb those former sites on the one-time Eastern front that played an important role in the history of Hungarian aviation and the legal predecessors of the HDF 86th Szolnok Helicopter Base.

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Only a Few Days Left in the Area of Operations…

2012. augusztus 10. 8:45

There are just a couple of days left from the mission of the sixth rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent (KFOR-6 HUNCON). Over the past six months, the Hungarian peacekeeping subunit serving in Kosovo has fully accomplished its tasks, further enhancing the good reputation of Hungary and the Hungarian Defence Forces.

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Seventh Rotation Ready to Start

2012. augusztus 8. 9:36

They have completed their training, got beyond the culmination exercise and attended their farewell ceremony – the seventh rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent is ready to commence deployment to Kosovo.

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EOD Team Used Hook and Line Kit to Remove IED From Tanker Truck

2012. július 14. 11:31

Last weekend, Hungarian and Afghan EOD technicians saved the lives of hundreds by removing a magnetic bomb from a tanker truck filled up with 16,000 liters of kerosene in downtown Pol-e Khomri. The commander of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT) and the chief of the EOD cell told us the story.

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Explosion and Fire Would Have Led to Tragedy

2012. július 13. 9:43

Fortunately, the EOD technicians of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT) and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) were able to disarm the improvised explosive device (IED) that unknown perpetrators had emplaced on a tanker truck near Camp Pannonia in Pol-e Khomri, Afghanistan last weekend. As a result, no disaster occurred, although there were 16,000 liters of kerosene inside the tanker truck…

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