Start of 2013 LIVEX Exercise
Szöveg: Lt.-Col. Mihály Antal | 2013. június 17. 7:48Forty-three designated personnel from the HDF Joint Force Command and its subordinated organizations are participating with 21 pieces of military equipment in the exercise Capable Logistician 2013 LIVEX (CL13).
on June 8 and will end on June 26. The area of operations is the military training area of Lest,
Slovakia. The objective of the exercise is to evaluate the interoperability and the commonality
of procedures and the use of NATO standards in several logistic functional areas. The
34 participating and observer nations as well as the more than ten NATO commands and
agencies send close to 2000 troops and around 600 pieces of equipment for the execution
of the exercise. The Joint Logistic Support Group (JLSG) coordinates 13 logistic functional
areas.
After 18 months of planning, Hungary contributes personnel to the Movement Control
(MovCon) team as a lead nation and fields a Bulk Fuel Installation (BFI) in cooperation with
Germany. Besides, we participate in the activity of the Multinational Integrated Logistic Unit
(TPT MILU) as well as in the work of the evaluator team and the JLSG to be set up by the V4
nations. We also field a National Support Element in the interest of the Hungarian participants
of the exercise.
The importance of the exercise is shown by the fact that the VIP day program of the exercise
will be attended by the NATO Secretary General, the Chairman of the NATO Military
Council, Ministers of Defence and Chiefs of Defence from several countries and the logistic
chiefs of the participating nations, a total of around 300 persons.
