Army Postal Service
The Army, on its part, has special requirements regarding logistics and when it comes to correspondence, it needed an effective management of the service correspondence between the military units, apart from the need to raise the morale of the troops through the exchange of personal correspondence.
Before WWII, the Army was serviced by the local Civilian Post Offices In the war of 1940-1941, a system of Military Post Offices was set up, known as “Postal Sectors”, which was staffed with enlisted officers and privates from the employees of the Civilian Postal Service.
After the liberation, the armed forces’ reorganisation imposed the resolution of the issue of establishing an Army Postal Service and staffing it with regular personnel, since it was concluded that the postal service should constitute an organic part of the Army, capable of serving the needs of the Armed Forces, in peacetime as well as wartime.
Therefore, the Army Postal Service was established as a regular Army Corps in 1949 with Mandatory Law 974/1949. It was initially staffed with regular members, Officers originating from the commissioning of reserves serving at the time and who were awarded the capacity of officer of the Postal Service. Since then, the Postal Service, without any intervals and with its own organisation, has been successfully responding to the modern requirements of Army logistics.
The emblem of the Army Postal Service
REPRESENTATION: Linear drawing which represents a pigeon, which is considered the first postman in the world, an olive branch, symbol of peace and the postal horn (bugle), symbol of the Army Postal Service.
MAXIM: “ΣΠΕΥΔΕ ΒΡΑΔΕΩΣ” (more haste, less speed)
Chilon (6th century BC).
It conveys the same meaning with the execution of the work of the Postal Service, which fulfils its mission rapidly, through steady and cautious actions.
Our Mission
The mission of the Postal Service is the distribution of the service correspondence of military Units and Services and of the personnel’s private correspondence, as well as the execution of the postal orders and parcels service.
Characteristics
The Army Postal Service aspires to a particular characteristic, the tireless effort for the rapid servicing of everyone, in peacetime as well as wartime. Thus, it aims for constant improvement, through the willing effort of the personnel, as well as its harmonious cooperation with the services of the Hellenic Post and furthermore, by exploring new methods of operation, so as to achieve the provision of exquisite postal support.