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The Hellenic Armed Forces ( Greek: Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, romanized : Ellinikés Énoples Dynámis) are the military forces of Greece. They consist of the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Hellenic Air Force . The civilian authority overseeing the Hellenic Armed Forces is the Ministry of National Defense .
History. It was founded in 1950 from the unification of three Ministries: under the influence of American advisors. However, a single Ministry of National Defense was established and operated in the three-year period of 1941-44 by the puppet governments (the legitimate exiled Greek government of the Middle East had retained the separate Ministries of Military Affairs, Naval Affairs and ...
It was a voluntary unit, and consisted of men 18-24 years old. Much later, in 1948, during the Greek Civil War were established the National Guard Defence Battalions (TEA), with a strongly anticommunist orientation. Their mission was supporting the regular Hellenic Army in national defence and internal security. Present form
The Hellenic National Defence General Staff ( Greek: Γενικό Επιτελείο Εθνικής Άμυνας, abbr. ΓΕΕΘΑ) is the senior staff of the Hellenic Armed Forces. It was established in 1950, when the separate armed services ministries were consolidated into the Ministry of National Defence. Its role in peacetime was as a ...
The term Hellenic is the endogenous synonym for Greek. The Hellenic Army is the largest of the three branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces, also constituted by the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) and the Hellenic Navy (HN). The army is commanded by the chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (HAGS), which in turn is under the command of Hellenic ...
NATO Missile Firing Installation. / 35.57278°N 24.17361°E / 35.57278; 24.17361 ( NAMFI) The NATO Missile Firing Installation or NAMFI ( Greek: Πεδίο Βολής Κρήτης, "Crete Firing Range") is an extensive missile firing range located at Souda Bay on the island of Crete, Greece .
This is a list of modern Greek military bases in Greece that are operated by the Military of Greece: Army bases [ edit ] Larissa 39°37′53″N 22°24′27″E / 39.63139°N 22.40750°E / 39.63139; 22.40750 ( Larisa military
June 30, 2024 at 11:24 AM. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance/Getty Images. Several US military bases across Europe were put on a heightened state of alert over the weekend, with the level of ...