Medal Parade in Kabul
Szöveg: Csosy | 2013. január 23. 9:01Time 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).
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.
