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The Ministry of National Defence (Greece) is the civilian cabinet organisation responsible for managing the Hellenic Armed Forces. Learn about its history, organisation, responsibilities and external links from this Wikipedia article.
Learn about the history, organization and operations of the military forces of Greece, also known as the Hellenic Armed Forces. The article covers the army, navy and air force, as well as the budget, personnel and international missions of the Greek military.
The Hellenic Army is the land force of Greece and the largest branch of the Hellenic Armed Forces. It traces its origin to the regular units established by the Greek provisional government during the Greek War of Independence and has participated in many conflicts and peacekeeping operations.
Universal conscription was introduced in Greece during the military reforms of 1909, although various forms of selective draft had been in place earlier. In more recent years, conscription was associated with the state of general mobilisation declared on July 20, 1974, due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus (the mobilisation was formally ended ...
The Greek government on Monday approved the country's participation in a European Union naval mission in the Red Sea to protect merchant ships from attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia, a ...
The Hellenic Military Geographical Service or HMGS (Greek: Γεωγραφική Υπηρεσία Στρατού or Γ.Υ.Σ.), is the Hellenic Military's mapping agency. Hellenic Military Geographical Service
Military ranks of Greece (1 C, 20 P) U. Military units and formations of Greece (5 C, 4 P) W. ... Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence; H.
Learn about the collective body of the Greek state that defines and directs the general policy of the country. Find out its composition, responsibilities, and other government bodies.