Lieutenant General Tibor Benkő Commander of HDF Joint Force Command (Budapest, 20/APR/2010) „MISSION AND TASKS OF THE LAND FORCE IN WAR AND IN OPERATIONS OTHER THAN WAR”

Lieutenant General Tibor Benkő Commander of HDF Joint Force Command Graduations: : Kossuth Lajos Military Academy, artillery branch; : Kalinyin Artillery Academy, Leningrad; : Army War College, USA; : Szent István University, human resource management; : Science of War PhD candidate. Military carrier: : Kiskunhalas, 36. Anti-armor Artillery Regiment, platoon leader, deputy battery commander, : Kiskunhalas, 36. Anti-armor Artillery Regiment, G3 officer; : Székesfehérvár, 5. Army, artillery staff, staff officer; : Kiskunhalas, 36. Anti-armor Artillery Brigade, deputy brigade commander; : Kiskunhalas, 36. Anti-armor Artillery Brigade, commander; : Kiskunhalas, 36. Anti-armor Artillery Regiment, commander; : Debrecen, HDF 5. Bocskai István Infantry Brigade, commander; : Székesfehérvár, HDF Land Force Command, deputy commander; 2006: Székesfehérvár, HDF Land Force Command, acting commander; : Székesfehérvár, HDF Joint Force Command, deputy commander; Székesfehérvár, HDF Joint Force Command, commander. Language knowledge: Russian and English advanced level, (English STANAG )

 Global and international challenges  Role and tasks of the Hungarian Defense Forces  Introducing the Joint Force Command  Arms and services of the Joint Force Command  Mission and task of the Land Force  The way ahead AGENDA

GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND INNER THREATS GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES Instable regions and failed states; Illegal migration; Financial instability; Attacks in the Cyber Space; Global danger of natural disasters, spread of epidemics. International Terrorism; Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction;

 Efficient military capabilities  DCI (5 areas)  Crisis Response Operations New STRATEGIC CONCEPT 1999 PfP PRAG SUMMIT 2002  NFS, NCS, NRF  PCC (4 areas)  Terrorism ISTAMBUL SUMMIT 2004  Deployability  Availability  Sustainability Process of joining to NATO  No traditional threat  New stability challenges  Cooperation STRATEGIC CONCEPT M A G Y A R H O N V É D S É G Strategic overview Defence overview Joining to EU INTERNATIONAL CHANGES – MILITARY REFORM BUKAREST SUMMIT 2008  Missile defence  ISAF, Balkan  NATO enlargement  CA, EBAO, CD&E  NNEC, ISAF, NRF  Capabilities RIGA SUMMIT 2006 Military reform

 Global and international challenges  Role and tasks of the Hungarian Defense Forces  Introducing the Joint Force Command  Arms and services of the Joint Force Command  Mission and task of the Land Force  The way ahead AGENDA