Military Skills Competition in Cyprus

Szöveg: Maj. Dr. Tímea Samu | 2012. június 19. 16:30

The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) organized the traditional Military Skills Competition in 2012 too. The Hungarian peacekeepers were among the competitors at the events held on May 30.

The Slovak, Hungarian, Serb and Croatian soldiers serving in Sector 4 entered the Military Skills Competition with two teams. Team A finished third among the nine entrants, while Team B was placed eight.

The members of the Hungarian contingent participating in the Military Skills Competition were 1st Lt. István Boros, WO Erzsébet Oláh, SFC Tamás Janecz, SFC Sándor Nagy, Cpl. Zoltán Virágh, Cpl. Szabolcs Meleg and PV2 Balázs Pánczél.

The daylong contest started with the “Endurance march" in the early morning hours. The competitors had to run a distance of 6.5 kilometers in full marching order. The only difference to the previous tasks of the Endurance March was that they had to do a “stretcher run", carrying the seventh “injured" team member to the finish.

The variety of events on the Military Skills Competition included an Ops Info station (situational exercise), a pistol shooting, an obstacle course, map reading, Patrol and observation (a task focusing on recognition of combat vehicles used by the opposing forces in Cyprus), a special driving skills event, an IQ test and Incident Reaction (leading the team members safely across a minefield).