Events

From 4 to 5 June 2023, the Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff Lieutenant General Angelos Choudeloudis conducted a visit to the Area of Responsibility of the 80 Higher National Guard Battalions Command “KOS”.

During his visit, the Chief was briefed on the work and mission of the Formation, he visited Units, military installations and the Surveillance Outposts on the Farmakonisi, Kalolimnos and Pserimos islands, ascertaining the operational readiness and the high level of the personnel’s morale.


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From 26 to 30 June 2023, in the context of the Military Cooperation Programme between Greece and the Republic of North Macedonia for the year 2023, a training of 2 Officers and 8 NCOs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of North Macedonia was conducted at the “Colonel (INF) Antonios Kambanis” Camp in Kilkis, on subjects of “Close Protection Team”.

The training included, among others, a briefing on the principles of VIPs escort and practice on the following subjects:

•    On foot escort formations.

•    Guarding of sensitive targets.

•    Portable weaponry fires and Rapid Response Combat Fires.

•    Basic principles of convoys and response of escort team against a threat.

 

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From Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 June 2023, the Students of Class ΙΙΙ of the NCOs Academy, in the context of their training trip, conducted a visit to the Formations, Units and Surveillance Outposts in the Area of Responsibility of the D’ Army Corps “THRACE”.

In particular, on Tuesday 20 June 2023, they initially visited the premises of the D’ Army Corps “THRACE”, where they were received by the Deputy Commander of the D’ Army Corps “THRACE” Major General Dimitrios Petroulias and they were briefed on the work and the mission of the Army Corps.

From 22 to 23 June 2023, the Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff Lieutenant General Angelos Choudeloudis participated in the 30th European Armies Conference conducted in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, hosted by the Command of the US Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF).

The Commander of USAREUR-AF, Chiefs of Armies of European States, the Chief of Staff of the US Army and the Commander of the Army of Canada participated in the Conference, which constitutes one of the leading activities pertaining to cooperation for defence in Europe.

The main subject of the Conference was the Future role of land forces in the deterrence and defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area.

On Thursday 22 June 2023, the Field Training Exercise “The Group of Mechanised Infantry Company in River’s Crossing of Opportunity” was conducted at the Floating Assets Training Centre of the Evros Prefecture, with the participation of personnel and assets from the 31 Mechanised Brigade “ΚΑΜΙΑ”, the XXIV Armour Brigade “1st CAVALRY REGIMENT-FLORINA”, the 1st Army Aviation Brigade “KILKIS-LACHANA”, the 730 Bridging Engineer Battalion and the 744 Bridging Engineer Company.