Greece attracts 2 motorized divisions of the northern border with Macedonia and Albania

Troika, NATO has sought reductions in the Greek armed forces

The Greek military forces should left the entire front of the Central and Western Macedonia and Epirus in the government's decision on a mandate of the troika, while preparing and similar moves at Air Force and Navy

Decision made ​​to implement the General Staff with a proposal submitted to Headquarters designed to reorganize the Greek Army. More specifically, according to exclusive information defencenet.gr the General Staff sent a letter to inform and encourage staffs for decision by the end of the month to repeal the First Army and the First Army Corps.

Result of this decision will only retain the Fourth Army Corps of ASDEN and Third Army Corps (NDC-GR), which anyway serves as NATO headquarters. Proceedings of the Greek Army will not have an operational headquarters once considered virtually impossible to run the D Corps and ASDEN.

Equally, the proposal of the General Staff includes a study in the future to repeal the Second Army Corps, and for the abolition of the historic 8th Infantry Division in Ioannina, leaving only the 9th Infantry Division to administer the entire region of Epirus and Eastern Macedonia.

The letter sent by the Defense Ministry is dated October 17 and as stated aim is that these proposals be passed until October 24 until October 31.

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