Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias addressed the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (ΓΕΕΘΑ) General Dimitris Houpis requesting exigency appointments successful the equipped forces.
This specifically applies to ranks vice admiral and rear admiral Navy, arsenic well arsenic major wide and lieutenant general Air Force. The intent of exigency appointments is accelerating the implementation of the caller unit structure arsenic portion of the “Agenda 2030” (Ατζέντας 2030) to betterment the equipped forces, optimizing the fig of elder officers and adapting the precocious approved caller unit structure to modern operational requirements.
Appointments were deemed indispensable owed to excessive fig of officers successful elder ranks, supra and beyond established positions, to marque the equipped forces much flexible, arsenic envisaged successful the caller equipped forces structure precocious approved Cabinet of Ministers of Greece (ΚΥΣΕΑ).
It is noteworthy that among colonels the fig of positions held is much than twice the staffing level. Emergency appointments began with ranks vice admiral and rear admiral Navy, arsenic well arsenic major wide and lieutenant general Air Force, and will proceed with appointments brigadiers and colonels.
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