The Hungarian Defense Ministry is launching a new form of service, the Minister of Defense announced yesterday. In Budapest. Tibor Benkő said: applications for voluntary military service are expected from young people who for some reason only start their higher education later, as well as from those who have completed their studies but have not obtained a degree or qualification.

The minister recalled that during the health emergency, joining the government's economic protection action plan, a special military service legal relationship was created last year for those who lost their jobs.
In this way, they were able to help 1,500 people, said Tibor Benkő, who said that the majority of the special voluntary territorial defense reservists saw the national defense as a predictable workplace and life path, and about 40 percent of them undertook permanent military service.

The 6-month military service consists of two phases. During the first 2 months, the participants acquire general military knowledge. This is carried out close to the place of residence, and during this time the volunteers are paid the current minimum wage, which is currently HUF 167,400.

In the second – four-month – phase, participants can choose which training they wish to pursue. Optional basic marksmanship training, in which case the salary remains unchanged. If, on the other hand, someone continues his service in an operational military organization, he will receive a gross salary of HUF 219,000 in the second stage of his training.

It is also possible for someone to take on a contractual military position with a change of legal relationship.

Then the soldier concerned will be entitled to a salary according to the law on the legal status of national defenders, explained the minister. Tibor Benkő said: the training will start in every county where at least 20 people apply. Thus, as planned, the trainings would start at 20 locations (in Budapest and 19 counties) . Hungarian citizens between the ages of 18 and 65, who have a residence in Hungary and have no criminal record, can apply for the new type of military service who pass the medical and psychological fitness test.

You can apply for the new form of service from today until the end of August at any recruitment office in Hungary or at onlinetoborzo@mil.hu. More information can be found on the website honvedelem.hu/oksz - explained Tibor Benkő.

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