Meeting of V4 Army Logistic Chiefs
Szöveg: HDF Logistic Centre | 2016. december 4. 6:13Organized by the Hungarian Defence Forces General Staff Logistic Directorate, a meeting of the top-level (J4) army logistics chiefs of the Visegrád Four countries (V4J4) was recently held in Hungary, in cooperation with the HDF Logistic Centre.
The logistic chiefs of the V4 countries have held regular discussions since 2013. The last such event in Hungary took place in 2014. The aims of the present meeting were to evaluate V4 logistic tasks, coordinate ongoing task execution and explore possibilities for future cooperation. The event was attended by Maj.-Gen. Jaromír Zůna (the Czech Republic), Col. Robert Wozniak (Poland), Brig.-Gen. L’ubomir Gacko (Slovakia) and Brig.-Gen. László Kaposvári, the acting chief of the HDF General Staff Logistic Directorate.
The two-day event started with static displays and dynamic shows at the HDF Logistic Centre. On the second day of the meeting, the participants discussed the so far accomplished as well as current and planned logistic tasks, and also identified the possible fields of cooperation.
In his lecture, the chief of the HDF General Staff Logistic Directorate gave an overview of the tasks carried out together with the V4 countries, emphasizing the significance of Exercise Capable Logistician 2015, hosted by Hungary and organized by the Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre (MLCC), and also the so far accomplished and future tasks in setting up the V4 EU Battlegroup (V4 EUBG) and the Joint Logistics Support Command Headquarters (JLSG HQ) of the V4 countries.
The meeting continued with the presentation of national positions and a professional discussion. The J4 Chiefs agreed that the joint logistic programs and exercises must be carried on, of which Exercise Capable Logistician 2019 (CL19) – to be organized in Poland in the first half of 2019 – has outstanding importance. They also agreed to set up two expert working groups to be tasked with formulating the logistic concept of the V4 EUBG which will be on standby in the second half of 2019, and with working out the details of cooperation among experimental and analytic laboratories of the four countries. The Czech Republic has undertaken to organize the next V4J4 meeting in the first half of 2017.
The next item on the agenda of the meeting was a presentation about the tasks the Hungarian Defence Forces have so far carried out in the interest of handling the migration crisis. In connection with this, Brig.-Gen. László Kaposvári thanked the Czech Republic and Slovakia for their support given for Exercise Balaton 2015, and informed the participants about possible fields of further cooperation.
Photo: HDF Logistic Centre
