Hellenic Republic

Hellenic National Defence General Staff

Greece, one of the Centre of Excellence’s Sponsoring Nations, participates with all three Services of the Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Air Force Corps, being under the supervision of the Military Police Directorate of the Hellenic Army General Staff.

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1977

Establishment of Ministry of National Defence to replace the previous Army, Navy and Air Force Ministries. Establishment of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) through which the Minister of National Defence practised all functions.

HNDGS stopped being a coordinating body of the three Services of the Armed Forces. Change into The Armed Forces Supreme Command and assumed full command over the three Services of the Armed Forces in peacetime and wartime.

Armed Forces Supreme Command was named HNDGS and became the Supreme coordinating authority of the Armed Forces Chiefs of General Army, Navy and Air Force Staffs have the full command over their respective Services.

The HNDGS Chief holds the rank of the General or the respective ones in the other two Corps.

Exerts full command over all the Services of the Armed Forces

He is supported by staff comprised of officers from all Services, Army, Navy and Air Force Corps, within the HNDGS Headquarters located in Athens.

Greece as a full member of UN, NATO, EU, and other International Organizations, participates in peacekeeping missions, allocating cadres from the three Services of the Armed Forces.

The Hellenic contribution in peacekeeping missions is subject to certain fundamental conditions, before establishing a force, chain of command and size, as well the adoption of clear Rules of Engagement.

Peace support operations in which the Hellenic Army has participated in the last decade of the 20th Century and early 21st Century, demonstrated that Greek Armed Forces can adapt quickly and adequately to any scenario and requirements within the International Community.

The fragile international environment consequently emerged the need for decisive act, while other regional organizations such as the E.U., Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and NATO, were significant and sometimes crucial supporters of the international stability.

The deployment of unarmed observers in various parts of the world where conflicts were taking place, without the cooperation of the local conflicting parties, resulted to the creation and development of the doctrine for Imposing Peace by the UN, NATO and EU, in order to persuade or force the conflicting parties to come to a peaceful settlement of their differences.

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