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Capital: Budapest
Area: 93,028 sq km
Comparative area: slightly smaller than Indiana
Population (July 2011 estimate): 9,976,062
Official language: no official language, though Hungarian is predominant
State Partner: Ohio
International Organizations and Agreements: NATO, European Union, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), United Nations

Hungary's key national security focus is contributing to the stability of the region while integrating its armed forces into NATO's force structure. It shares a more acute sense of the threat than many other European countries and is watching events in the Balkans, Ukraine, and Russia with great interest. Hungarians believe their own security and that of its ethnic minorities in neighboring countries will be best served by a peaceful, unified region.

Hungary has been transitioning from a heavy, slow-moving Warsaw Pact force to a lighter, versatile NATO force, and currently has approximately 24,000 combat and combat support forces. Implementing a new training, logistics, and leadership system and a new Joint Forces Command structure, the Hungarian military has gained considerable practical experience working with NATO and other forces serving in international military missions (about 1,000 at any given time).

Hungary currently leads a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, and deployed an additional Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT), which operates in partnership with the Ohio National Guard, as well as Special Forces personnel in Afghanistan in 2009. The Hungarian military took over command of a joint battalion in the Balkans in 2008. Hungary’s Papa Airbase is the home base of the Strategic Airlift Consortium’s C-17 operations, expanding its contribution to NATO and other European partners.

The U.S. Government has provided expert and financial assistance for the development of modern and Western institutions in many policy areas, including national security, law enforcement, free media, environmental regulations, education, and health care.

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  • February 16, 2011

    Cyber Defense is a Team Sport

    The theme of this conference was “Empowering a Cyber Defense Workforce" and included over one hundred participants with 40 partner cyber defenders from 18 countries, NATO, and other international organizations. The cheer squad came from USEUCOM's components, DoD agencies and industry.
  • September 16, 2010

    LOGEX 10: CAPSTONE

    During the past week of LOGEX 10, I’ve had the distinct honor to serve among and work with some of the best people in the multinational logistics community. I was impressed by the professionalism and competence of our friends in US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) J7, Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and our NATO Allies and partners. These characteristics truly show during events such as this and I am proud to be associated with the exercise and everyone here.
  • June 29, 2010

    LOGEX 10: Building a Bridge to a Secure Future

    Hello again and welcome to the latest update on LOGEX 10. I am currently writing from the historic city of Bucharest, Romania. I noted in previous blogs that we were in the middle of a series of five bilateral workshops that prepare participants for the actual exercise in September. Participants stand in front of the Cercul Militar National (CMN) building during the US-Romania bi-lateral NSE/LOGFAS/RSOM workshop in Bucharest, Romania.
  • April 16, 2010

    LOGEX 10 Workshops: Two Down … Three to Go

    As promised in February, welcome to another edition of LOGEX 10. This month’s events find me at the National Support Element (NSE) & Logistics Functional Area Services (LOGFAS) workshop in the Czech Republic, which is the second in a series of five workshops designed for each participating nation in this year’s exercise. Warrant Officer Martin Turner (RAF), Allied Command Transformation, provides instruction on LOGFAS.
  • October 21, 2009

    Is European Command still relevant?

    I thought I'd throw this topic out for some conversation and I'd like to see what others think:

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  • November 14, 2011

    Paying tribute to the Italian armed forces

    On November 4th, 1918, Austrian and Hungarian forces agreed to a cease-fire with Italy, thus ending WWI on the Italian front. Petty Officer David Charleston has more on a day that has been set aside to celebrate Italian forces, past and present.
  • April 1, 2010

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    Heavy Airlift Wing in Papa, Hungary supports troop surge to Afghanistan.
  • January 22, 2010

    Heavy Airlift Wing delivers aid to Haiti

    The Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) out of Papa, Hungary is providing aid to Haiti after the 7.0 earthquake, Jan. 12. This is the first humanitarian assistance operation flown by the HAW since it stood up in July 2009. The wing is a multi-national force made up of Airmen from 12 nations.
  • December 3, 2009

    US, Hungarian troops train

    U.S. forces are constantly building partnerships with other nations. SSgt Trevor Pedro takes us to Hungary where Airmen and working hard to build relationships and streamline a unit at the same time.
  • October 30, 2009

    New Mission in Hungary

    Crowds gather in Hungary to see a C-17 arrive in their country. Rain didn't deter them, nor did it stop the plane they came to see. TSgt Shane Cronin has the story.