The Prestigious CIMIC Course Finished

On May 18, the NATO CIMIC Field and Staff Worker Course, which was conducted for two weeks in the HDF Civil–Military Cooperation and Psychological Operations Centre came to an end.

The course prepared the participants for the execution of mission tasks, who could get familiarised with the basics of CIMIC, its goals, system of tasks, purpose, and beyond the tactical level they could practice the duties of staff officers in a multinational environment. During the first week the CIMIC was introduced as a military capability in lectures and in classroom instruction, while in the second week the aim was the routine practising of this capability through the development and implementation of practical examples. In so doing, the emphasis was laid on acquiring such skills, as the application of negotiating techniques, or the behaviour elements used with interpreters.

Altogether twenty soldiers completed the course, ran by American, Dutch, Hungarian, German and Romanian professors. In the closing ceremony, the head of the course, Captain Manuel Schwarzkopf thanked the persons assigned from the personnel of the HDF CMCC for the superb organisation of the course, and also expressed his appreciation to the students for their high-level performance. Colonel Csaba Szilágyi, the Commander of the HDF CMCC expressed his thanks the organisers and the participants for their excellent work, and presented awards and honours. Closing the celebration, the soldiers took part at a standing reception.