On Monday, 04 December 2023, a ceremony was held at the Artillery School in Camp “Georgiadi Thoma” in Nea Peramos, Attica, to celebrate the Patron Saint of the Artillery, the Great Martyr Saint Barbara, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of National Defence, Mr. Ioannis Kefalogiannis, as representative of the Prime Minister, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Chief of Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Konstantinos Floros, and the Chief of Hellenic Army General Staff, Lieutenant General Angelos Choudeloudis.

From 27 to 29 November 2023, Artillery Units of the High Military Command of Interior and Islands conducted Anti-Aircraft Artillery Fire Training at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Crete, which also involved observers from Germany.

In particular, fires were conducted by the OSA-AK and the man-portable MANPAD STINGER weapon systems.

The training’s objective was to familiarise the trainees with actions and procedures simulating the modern operational environment by conducting all types of Anti-Aircraft Artillery fires, thus gaining significant experience in the crewing of weapons systems and the technique, tactics, and observation of fires.