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In mid-November, the annual exercise of the Hungarian-Romanian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion took place in Újdörögd, western Hungary, simulating a fictitious peacekeeping operation in conditions that approximated reality.
“The exercise succeeded in applying the experience of the past 25 years at battalion level. It was a particular pleasure to work with helicopters from the Romanian and Hungarian Air Forces. During the 96 hours of continuous execution, we gained a lot of new experience,” Major Dávid Szent-Imrey, Commander of the peacekeeping battalion, told Honvedelem.hu.
Hungary and Romania agreed in Budapest on March 20, 1998 to set up a high readiness joint peacekeeping battalion to support international peacekeeping and humanitarian activities. The aim is to enable the two nations to perform various peace support and peace enforcement tasks using a joint force.
The Battalion has organized the “Wise Foresight” exercise every year since 1999, alternating the location of the exercise between the two countries, first in Arad (Romania) in 1999 and this year in Újdörögd.
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In previous years, each nation has participated in the exercise with a platoon force. This year the training level has been increased and the two forces are represented by almost a company each.
The main objective of this year’s exercise was to practice mission-based leadership of the multi-national staff and sub-units.
The complexity of the exercise, that took place around the clock for four days without interruption, was increased by the coordinated use of unmanned aerial vehicles from both nations, in coordination with ground forces, as well as two Airbus H145 helicopters from the Hungarian Air Force and two IAR-330 helicopters from the Romanian Air Force, to carry out the missions.
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The Hungarian-Romanian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion is stationed on the national territory of the two contributing countries. Each side carries out its tasks with its own organized, regularized arms, equipment and technical means. The battalion is led and commanded in accordance with NATO principles, with senior posts rotating annually between the two nations.
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