Events

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.

On Friday 23 June 2023, the graduation ceremony of the 112 Raiders School was conducted in the premises of the Unconventional Warfare Training Centre at the “LIEUTENANT GENERAL G. KATSANIS” Camp in Redina-Thessaloniki.

During training, conducted from 13 March to 16 June 2023, the following subjects were practiced, among others:

•    Topography.
•    Rapid Response Combat Fires.
•    Climbing Technique.
•    Special Operations Planning.
•    Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC).
•    Obstacle Course Crossing.
•    Materials and Assets Identification.
•    Patrol Operations Basic Instructions.

On Thursday 22 June 2023, the graduation and oath-taking ceremony of the new 2nd Lieutenants – Class 2023 “1st Lieutenant Antonios Karambelas” took place at the Hellenic Army Academy in Vari - Attica, in the presence of Her Excellence the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms Katerina Sakellaropoulou, who presented the oath-takers with their swords.