Foreign assignments
Foreign deployments of the armed forces.
WEITERE BEITRÄGE
Black Hawk flies EUFOR soldier from Sarajevo to Vienna
An S-70 Black Hawk helicopter equipped with a "MedEvac" container flew an Austrian EUFOR soldier suffering from coronavirus from Sarajevo to Vienna on Saturday....
The hunting squad in counter-terrorism operations
In February, around 20 soldiers from the Fighter Command took part in the "Flintlock 2020" exercise in Senegal. Their task: to equip African soldiers...
Hunting squad trains special forces in Senegal
Soldiers from Jagdkommando support the development of the Senegalese armed forces: In two training courses, in 2018 and 2019, specialists from the special forces...
Lifeguard course in Lebanon
In the course of several discussions between the Austrian contingent commander in Lebanon, Lieutenant Colonel Gernot Gierlinger, and soldiers from the contingent, the idea...
Austrian donation project in Lebanon
Even though there are no official CIMIC projects at the UN, Austrian UNIFIL soldiers have been regularly donating money for years to benefit disabled...
New Mali contingent adopted
Defense Minister Mario Kunasek and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache approved the new Austrian Armed Forces contingent for the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM)...
Before going abroad: one vaccination, please!
Almost 1,000 Austrian soldiers are currently deployed abroad - one woman knows almost all of them: Margot Puschl, medical director of the Institute for...
40th Kosovo contingent adopted
The Austrian Armed Forces have been deploying soldiers to Kosovo since 1999. This morning, the 40th contingent was bid farewell at a military ceremony...
Operational medals for Austrian UNIFIL soldiers
The ceremonial presentation of the UN mission medals for the soldiers of the 15th Austrian UNIFIL contingent took place on Thursday at the Austrian...
Hunting squad trains soldiers in Africa
The Austrian Armed Forces have been taking part in the international exercise "Flintlock 2019" in Burkina Faso since mid-February with around 30 special forces...
Austrian EUFOR soldiers bid farewell
The infantry company of the 30th Austrian EUFOR ("European Union Force") contingent was seen off at the Erzherzog Johann barracks at midday today. From...