Soldierly Test of Strength in Afghanistan
Szöveg: honvedelem.hu | 2018. december 6. 8:20Recently, in Kabul, in the Hamid Karzai International Airport, the Hungarian soldiers could measure their perseverance, preparedness and physical fitness in several international sports competitions with the representatives of the nations serving with the Resolute Support mission – Afghanistan.
At the end of October, when the Czech and Slovakian Contingents serving in Afghanistan celebrated the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Czechoslovakia, as part of the event the representatives of the nations serving at the airport could test their strength with one another in truck-pull and bench-press. In both events they expected the entry of six-member teams, where one of the team-members had to be a woman. In the event of truck pull the participating teams had to pull a container truck weighing 15,5 tons over a distance of 25 metres as quickly as possible. The Hungarian team consisting of the soldiers of the HDF 86th Szolnok Helicopter Base, the HDF 2nd vitéz Bertalan Árpád Special Purpose Brigade, and the HDF 43rd Nagysándor József Signal and Command Support Regiment could stand on the third step of the imaginary podium with their time of 46 seconds.
On the national holiday of Turkey, the lead nation of the airport, a two-kilometre-long running race was staged, where several Hungarian soldiers serving in the personnel of the Air Advisory Team and the HDF National Support Element participated.