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This article is about the land force of the modern nation of Greece. See hoplites for information on Military systems in Ancient Greece.

The Hellenic Army (Greek: Ελληνικός Στρατός) is the land force of Greece (The Hellenic Republic).

Hellenic Army

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Contents 1 History 2 Organization 2.1 General Staff 2.2 Combat and support arms 3 Personnel 4 Insignia 5 Equipment

[edit] History

Main article: History of the Hellenic Army

The Hellenic Army took part in the following wars:

• Greek War of Independence (1821-1827)
• Greco-Turkish War (1897)
• First Balkan War (1912)
• Second Balkan War (1913)
• World War I (1917-1918)
• Russian Civil War (1918-1919)
• Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
• War of the Stray Dog (1925)
• Greco-Italian War (1940-1941)
• World War II (1940-1945)
• Greek Civil War (1946-1949)
• Korean War (1950–1953)

[edit] Organization

Main article: Structure of the Hellenic Army

[edit] General Staff

• Hellenic Army General Staff — Γενικό Επιτελείο Στρατού (ΓΕΣ)
  • Chief-of-Staff of the Army — Αρχηγός Γ.Ε.Σ. The current Chief-of-Staff of the Army is Lt. Gen. Dimitrios Grapsas.
  • Chief of Doctrine, Training Command and Inspector General of the Army — Γενικός Επιθεωρητής Στρατού/Δκτης ΔΙΔΟΕΕ. The current IG is Lt. Gen. Stylianos Kalfelis.
  • 1st Deputy Chief-of-Staff of the Army — A' Υπαρχηγός Γ.Ε.Σ. The current 1st Deputy Chief-of-Staff is Lt. Gen. Ioannis Michaloliakos.
  • 2nd Deputy Chief-of-Staff of the Army — Β' Υπαρχηγός Γ.Ε.Σ. The current 2nd Deputy Chief-of-Staff is Lt. Gen. Dimitris Lampadakis

[edit] Combat and support arms

Most combat arms are called "Arm" (Όπλο), most support branches are called "Corps of" (Σώμα), with some exceptions.

Αrms are the Army Elements with a mission to conduct or participate directly in combat. These are:

• Infantry Όπλον Πεζικού
• Armored Cavalry Όπλον Ιππικού Τεθωρακισμένων
• Artillery Όπλον Πυροβολικού
• Corps of Engineers Οπλον Μηχανικού
• Signal Corps Οπλον Διαβιβάσεων
• Corps of Αrmy Aviation Οπλον Αεροπορίας Στρατού

Corps are the Army Elements that have Field Units and provide Logistic Support. These are: Quartermaster Corps Σώμα Τεχνικού Transportation Corps Σώμα Εφοδιασμού Μεταφορών Ordnance Corps Σώμα Υλικού Πολέμου Research & IT Corps Σώμα Έρευνας Πληροφορικής Medical Corps Σώμα Υγειονομικού Furthermore, Corps are also called the Army Elements that do not have Field Units, but provide other type of Logistic Support. These are: Military Justice Δικαστικο Σωμα Military Police Σώμα Στρατονομίας Finance Command Σώμα Οικονομικού Finance Control Σωμα Ελεγκτικου Army Post Office Σώμα Ταχυδρομικού Training Directorate Διεύθυνση Εκπαίδευσης Doctrine Directorate Διευθυνση Δογματος Army History Directorate Διεύθυνση Ιστορίας Στρατού Army Geographical Service Γεωγραφική Υπηρεσία Στρατού

[edit] Personnel

Personnel are both volunteer and conscript. Conscript enlisted men and non-commissioned officers wear special rank insignia to differentiate them from volunteers. There are currently 109,266 personnel on active duty. Mobilization strength is 365,000 more.

[edit] Insignia

NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF-D-	Student Officer
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (Edit)	No Equivalent	Image:GR-Army-OF9.gif	Image:GR-Army-OF8.gif	Image:GR-Army-OF7.gif	Image:GR-Army-OF6.gif	Image:GR-Army-OF5.gif	Image:GR-Army-OF4.gif	Image:GR-Army-OF3.gif	Image:GR-Army-OF2.gif	Image:GR-Army-OF1a.gif	Image:GR-Army-OF1b.gif	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
		Stratigos	Antistratigos	Ypostratigos	Taxiarchos	Syntagmatarchis	Antisyntagmatarchis	Tagmatarchis	Lochagos	Ypolochagos	Anthypolochagos

NATO Rank	WO-5	WO-4	WO-3	WO-2	WO-1
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece</b> (Edit)	No equivalent	No equivalent	No equivalent	No equivalent	Image:GR-Army-WOa.gifImage:GR-Army-WOb.gif
					regular   draftee
					Anthypaspistis OR94

NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4		OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (Edit)	Image:GR-Army-OR9.gif						Image:GR-Army-OR7.gif		Image:GR-Army-OR6.gif		Image:GR-Army-OR5a.gif			Image:GR-Army-OR5b.gif			Image:GR-Army-OR4.gif		Image:GR-Army-OR3a.gif		Image:GR-Army-OR3b.gif		Image:GR-Army-OR2a.gif	Image:GR-Army-OR2b.gif	Image:GR-Army-OR2c.gif		No Equivalent						No Insignia
	Monimos Archilochias						Monimos Epilochias		Monimos Lochias		Lochias			Ephedros Lochias - draftee			Dekaneas		Ephedros Dekaneas		Ephedros Dekaneas - draftee		Monimos Ypodekaneas	Ypopsefios Vathmoforos - draftee	Ephedros Ypodekaneas								Stratiotis

[edit] Equipment

Main article: List of equipment of the Hellenic Army

The heavy equipment and weaponry of the Hellenic Army is of mostly foreign manufacture, from German, French, American and British suppliers.

Equipment runs the gamut from state-of-the art to obsolescent Cold-War inventories; the latter are gradually being retired.

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