{"id":11109,"date":"2011-10-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/senior-course-119-in-hungary\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:57:36","slug":"senior-course-119-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/senior-course-119-in-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Course 119 in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/119FS1_Hungary_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"(Right to left) LtGen Zolt\u00e1n OROSZ, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces with LtGen Arne B&aring;rd DALHAUG, Commandant of the NATO Defense College\" \/><figcaption>(Right to left) LtGen Zolt\u00e1n OROSZ, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces with LtGen Arne B&aring;rd DALHAUG, Commandant of the NATO Defense College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The NATO Defense College\u2019s Senior Course 119 started its visit to Hungary on 29 September 2011 at P\u00e1pa Airbase, where they were given an overview of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) Headquarters. The Command comprises ten NATO nations (Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and the United States), and also includes Finland and Sweden, two Partnership for Peace (PfP) nations. The nations are all striving to implement a unique SAC Programme for the Boeing C-17 strategic transport aircraft. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a class='photo' href='\/images\/119FS1_Hungary_4_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Deputy Director General of NATO Airlift Management Agency (NAMA), L\u00e1szl\u00f3 SZARVAS, briefs NDC delegation on the Command structure, its functions, and operations\">L\u00e1szl\u00f3 SZARVAS<\/a>, Deputy Director General of the NATO Airlift Management Agency (NAMO), together with <a class='photo' href='\/images\/119FS1_Hungary_3_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Col Frank ROMBOUTS (NLD F), Vice Commander of Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) during his address to Senior Course 119\">Col Frank ROMBOUTS<\/a> (NLD F), Vice Commander of the Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) briefed the Course Members on the Command\u2019s structure, functions and operations. The aircraft based at P\u00e1pa were most recently used in various military and humanitarian missions in Afghanistan, Uganda, and Poland. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The following day, SC119 attended a series of presentations at the Hungarian Ministry of Defence and the Museum of Military History in Budapest.  The briefings were given by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of the Interior, and the General Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The topics included Hungarian Security Policy (by Mr Zolt\u00e1n NAGY, MFA, Head of the Security Policy and Non-Proliferation Department); Defence reform in Hungary (by Dr Attila DEMK\u00d3, MoD, Head of the Defence Planning Department); and the Current International Crisis Management Activities of the Hungarian Police (by LtCol L\u00e1szl\u00f3 KELEMEN, MoI, International Training and Civilian Crisis Management Centre, Head of the Crisis Management and Peace Support Department). The final lecture was on the Hungarian Defence Forces\u2019 International Missions, and was presented by <a class='photo' href='\/images\/119FS1_Hungary_5_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Deputy Chief of the Defense Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces, LtGen Zolt\u00e1n OROSZ, briefs SC 119 on International Operational Missions of the Hungarian Defence Forces\">LtGen Zolt\u00e1n OROSZ<\/a>, Deputy Chief of the Defense Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces, who also received a courtesy visit from LtGen Arne Bard DALHAUG, Commandant of the NATO Defense College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Before leaving Budapest for Bern to continue with the visits alternating between NATO and PfP countries, the NATO Defense College delegation was graciously hosted at the Hungarian Parliament. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"FooterSignature\" >LtCol. Mario Masdea, Chief Public Affairs and Protocol Officer, ITA-A<\/p>\n<p class='just'>\n<br \/>More about the Field Study:<\/p>\n<p><span style='padding-left:25px;'><a href='\/fr\/news\/current_news.php\/?icode=315'>Introduction to the Field Study<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='padding-left:25px;'><a href='\/fr\/news\/current_news.php\/?icode=316'>First stop &#8211; Slovenia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='padding-left:25px;'><a href='\/fr\/news\/current_news.php\/?icode=317'>Second leg &#8211; Austria<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Right to left) LtGen Zolt\u00e1n OROSZ, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces with<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-11109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 15 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 1, 2011","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 1, 2011 17:00","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 08:57"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11109"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}