


Together you can and you do make the Alliance better”. “You are a team of great professionals and a team of wonderful people. And I am proud and pleased that I had an opportunity to trigger some of the changes that brought JFTC to this place”, General Szpisjak added. You have to know that JFTC has gained a lot of attention over the past years and is well recognised within NATO. “When I look at all of you, I see soldiers in different uniforms and civilian experts, who can and should be proud of their work. But there is one thing I am sure of – together we have achieved a lot and we have leveraged the Centre up to a higher level,” General added and thanked all staff members for comradeship and good cooperation. The life at JFTC over the last three years has not always been ‘a bed of roses’. “We have been through good and bad – or, depending on the perspective, bad and good. “I will never forget JFTC and that is thanks to you,” said General Szpisjak addressing the JFTC for the last time. “So what´s the résumé after 3 years of duty? 1) The Commander is well prepared 2) The staff is well organised and set up 3) Plans and future development are well on track.”, General Wagner added.īrigadier General Jozsef Szpisjak’s Farewell The Commander underlined that over the past, very challenging years, General Szpisjak proved to be ‘fair, straight, honest, extremely caring for the staff, always very correct, outstandingly loyal, continuously an example, very dedicated to common values and NATO standards and fundamentals’. A friend, honest and frank, and always extremely supportive.” “For me personally you were an outstanding helpful advisor, mentor and partner within our common mission. You own the key capabilities of sound assessment, quick decision making and the continuous focus on the most essential tasks”, said Major General Norbert Wagner addressing the outgoing JFTC Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff. “Jozsef, you did an unbelievably great job! Very concentrated and focused on JFTC´s mission, with values and fundamentals of NATO always in mind. The change of post ceremony, led by Major General Norbert Wagner, JFTC Commander was held on 22 July. His successor, Brigadier General Petr Svoboda, Czech Army, will officially assume the JFTC Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff’s position on 1 August. New Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff at JFTCĪfter three years of intensive and rewarding service, Brigadier General Jozsef Szpisjak, Hungarian Army, the Joint Force Training Centre’s Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, departs the Centre.
