The messages behind the extraordinary evaluations in the Armed Forces: A shift in philosophy and size

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The caller directive from the Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, which unexpectedly ordered General Staff Chief General Dimitrios Houpis to behaviour bonzer evaluations successful the Armed Forces for the ranks of Lieutenant General and Major General, Rear Admiral and Vice Admiral successful the Navy, and Air Marshal and Air Vice Marshal, reflects a alteration successful the wide cognition regarding authoritative duties, responses to modern operational demands, and the hierarchical improvement of imperishable unit successful the Armed Forces.

Future and Outcome

Although thing initially foreshadowed yesterday’s developments, Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias gave a glimpse of the upcoming changes aboriginal yesterday greeting astatine the Military Academy of Evelpidon. Among different things, helium remarked that “The satellite is rife with geopolitical challenges. It is filled with instability. Complete instability is the caller constant.” “We must, therefore, hole for a Greece that volition unrecorded successful a satellite of continuously expanding challenges,” Dendias continued. This was followed by 3 consecutive sessions of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Council (JCSC) successful the pursuing hours, resulting successful promotions and notable retirements.

Noteworthy Retirements

Specifically, among the elder executives who were retired are:

Fleet Commander Polychronis Koulouris
Commander of the Special Warfare Command Prokopios Mavraganis
Army Corps Commander Dimokritos Konstantakos
General Inspector of the Army Spyridon Alfadakis

In total, isolated from the astir salient figures, 47 elder officers were retired, and the positions of Lieutenant General and Major General, on with their equivalents successful different branches, were reduced by 23 arsenic portion of the implementation of the New Armed Forces Structure. This structure, approved by the Greek Parliament and the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), aims to streamline quality resources. Specifically, 22 elder officers were retired from the Army, 8 from the Navy, and 8 from the Air Force. According to sources, this process is expected to proceed with evaluations astatine little ranks arsenic caller Supreme Councils are formed successful the Army, Navy, and Air Force to initiate the indispensable procedures.

Criteria and Necessity for Early Evaluations

The aboriginal evaluations, conducted 2 months up of the accustomed schedule, were driven by 2 main factors: the surplus fig of elder officers compared to different nations and the request to code caller operational requirements outlined successful the New Armed Forces Structure. The reorganization of formations and units crossed Greece done planned mergers and the accrued skillsets required nether the caller armament programme request much from elder executives, peculiarly astatine the apical levels. Moreover, the Pentagon is astatine a pivotal point, anticipating extremist changes specified arsenic the instauration of caller work structures, including associated aerial defence enactment for the dual dome and the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and autonomous systems crossed each branches.

When asked astir the urgency of these evaluations, Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias described it arsenic a “necessary step,” emphasizing that “The Greek Armed Forces endure from a benignant of hypertrophy that is wholly incompatible with the Agenda 2030. To enactment it figuratively, the Greek Army cannot person much elder officers than the U.S. Army, which is 20 times larger.” “Nor tin it support much subject camps,” Dendias continued, concluding that “Within the model of Agenda 2030, rationalization is essential, and it needed to hap arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to beforehand the modernization of the Armed Forces.”

Here is the English translation, preserving the operation and utilizing the closest idioms and terms:

Detailed results of the 3 consecutive sessions of the Council of Chiefs of General Staff (SAGF):

The SAGF, during the 1st Session of the twelvemonth 2025, ruled arsenic follows:

1. In the Army

a. Retained successful progressive service:

Lieutenant Generals

Lieutenant General (Engineers) Koronakis Andreas
Lieutenant General (Artillery) Papastathopoulos Stavros
Lieutenant General (Infantry) Theodorou Emmanouil
Lieutenant General (Artillery) Sardellis Athanasios
Lieutenant General (Engineers) Klouvas Michail
Lieutenant General (Infantry) Vakentis Dimitrios
Lieutenant General (Armor) Garinis Athanasios

Major Generals (Arms)

Major General (Infantry) Manouras Georgios
Major General (Infantry) Kavidopoulos Panagiotis
Major General (Infantry) Boundliakis Grigorios
Major General (Artillery) Polychronos Anastasios
Major General (Signals) Bouras Ioannis
Major General (Armor) Karamanidis Konstantinos
Major General (Infantry) Tyligadas Sarantis
Major General (Infantry) Gakis Konstantinos
Major General (Armor) Theodosiadis Antonios
Major General (Infantry) Kogiannis Spyridon
Major General (Artillery) Gavouras Achilles
Major General (Engineers) Panousis Georgios
Major General (Infantry) Arabatzis Dimitrios
Major General (Artillery) Korres Ioannis
Major General (Engineers) Giannakakis Efthymios
Major General (Signals) Tsakanias Emmanouil
Major General (Infantry) Ploumis Michail
Major General (Artillery) Dimoulas Anastasios
Major General (Infantry) Kapralos Georgios
Major General (Armor) Kostakis Ilias
Major General (Engineers) Gretsas Nikolaos
Major General (Infantry) Drosos Dimitrios
Major General (Infantry) Tsamis Vasileios
Major General (Armor) Kostoulas Ioannis
Major General (Infantry) Chatzis Emmanouil

Major Generals (Corps)

Major General (EM) Saplaouras Athanasios
Major General (EM) Tavoulari Sotirios
Major General (Logistics) Andriotis Ioannis
Major General (Medical) Dimitrakopoulos Georgios

b. Honorably retired:

Lieutenant Generals

Lieutenant General (Infantry) Konstantakos Dimokritos
Lieutenant General (Artillery) Alfantakis Spyridon
Lieutenant General (Infantry) Bolomytis Dimitrios
Lieutenant General (Infantry) Mavraganis Prokopios

Major Generals (Arms)

Major General (Infantry) Chatzigeorgiou Theodoros
Major General (Armor) Ziotopoulos Christos
Major General (Infantry) Iliopoulos Aristidis
Major General (Artillery) Kolokotronis Konstantinos
Major General (Infantry) Giannopoulos Nikolaos
Major General (Artillery) Petroulias Dimitrios
Major General (Signals) Kesopoulos Dimitrios
Major General (Artillery) Moustakis Ioannis
Major General (Artillery) Tsoulouvis Apostolos
Major General (Infantry) Korelis Ioannis
Major General (Infantry) Vasilopoulos Vasileios
Major General (Infantry) Kontos Athanasios
Major General (Engineers) Theodoropoulos Konstantinos
Major General (Air Defense Artillery) Cheimarios Ioannis
Major General (Artillery) Tyropanis Nikolaos

Major Generals (Corps)

Major General (Finance) Ouroumidis Georgios
Major General (EM) Politis Konstantinos
Major General (Ordnance) Kadoglou Athanasios

2. In the Navy

a. Retained successful progressive service:

Vice Admiral Sassiakos Christos HN
Vice Admiral (Engineering) Dimitroglou Panagiotis HN
Rear Admiral Mikropoulos Theodoros HN
Rear Admiral Lagaras Spyridon HN
Rear Admiral Anagnostopoulos Leonidas HN
Rear Admiral Gryparis Vasileios HN
Rear Admiral (Engineering) Vasilogiannakopoulos Vasileios HN
Rear Admiral (Medical) Moraitis Sotirios HN

b. Honorably retired:

Vice Admiral Koulouris Polychronis HN
Rear Admiral Vlachos Konstantinos HN
Rear Admiral Floros Georgios HN
Rear Admiral Botsas Fotios HN
Rear Admiral Chatzopoulos Theocharis HN
Rear Admiral Angouras Georgios HN
Rear Admiral (Engineering) Tsamilis Sotirios HN
Rear Admiral (Ordnance) Skrekas Georgios HN

3. In the Air Force

a. Retained successful progressive service:

Air Marshal (Pil.) Georgakopoulos Panagiotis
Air Marshal (Maint.) Kleniatis Konstantinos
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Bouzos Konstantinos
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Kotsakis Ioannis
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Broumas Vasileios
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Kokkonis Nikolaos
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Asimakopoulos Ioannis
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Christodoulou Georgios
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Bantouvas Marios
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Tzovaras Konstantinos-Savvas
Air Vice Marshal (Weapons Systems) Fanaras Dimitrios
Air Vice Marshal (Air Support) Sourris Diamantis
Air Vice Marshal (Logistics) Georgiadis Georgios
Air Vice Marshal (Medical) Siafakas Konstantinos

b. Honorably retired:

Air Marshal (Pil.) Zolotas Konstantinos
Air Marshal (Pil.) Chortis Apostolos
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Tourvalis Evangelos
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Komitoudis Alexandros
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Karampitianis Grigorios
Air Vice Marshal (Pil.) Tosios Vasileios
Air Vice Marshal (Maint.) Delis Georgios
Air Vice Marshal (Weapons Systems) Rouggos Ioannis

4. In the Joint Corps of Military Judicial Clerks

Honorably retired: Major General (Judicial Clerk) Vlachogiannis Dimitrios.

SAGE, during the 2nd Session of the Year 2025, decided arsenic follows:

1. In the Army

Promoted to the fertile of Lieutenant General, to capable vacant positions, the following:

a. Major General (Infantry) Manouras Georgios
b. Major General (Infantry) Kavidopoulos Panagiotis
c. Major General (Infantry) Bountliakis Grigorios

2. In the Navy

Promoted to the fertile of Vice Admiral, to capable a vacant position: Rear Admiral Mikropoulos Theodoros HN.

3. In the Air Force

Promoted to the fertile of Air Marshal, to capable vacant positions, the following:

a. Air Vice-Marshal (Pilot) Bouzos Konstantinos
b. Air Vice-Marshal (Pilot) Kotsakis Ioannis

SAGE, during the 3rd Session of the Year 2025, decided arsenic follows:

1. In the Navy

a. Promoted to the fertile of Rear Admiral, to capable vacant positions, the following:

(1) Captain Papageorgiou Panagiotis HN
(2) Captain Alevras Spyridon HN
(3) Captain Karlatiras Stavros HN
(4) Captain (Ordnance) Palaskas Dimitrios HN

b. “Honorably retired from service,” the following:

(1) Captain Gounaris Dimitrios HN
(2) Captain Tsoukas Vasilios HN
(3) Captain (Engineer) Zafeiriou Nikolaos HN

2. In the Air Force

a. Promoted to the fertile of Air Vice-Marshal, to capable vacant positions, the following:

(1) Brigadier General (Pilot) Kanoupakis Matthaios
(2) Brigadier General (Pilot) Karoubalis Spyridon
(3) Brigadier General (Pilot) Kaligaridis Angelos
(4) Brigadier General (Pilot) Chatzigeorgiou Ioannis
(5) Brigadier General (Technical Corps) Kakkavas Konstantinos

b. “Honorably retired from service,” the following:

(1) Brigadier General (Pilot) Fortis Georgios
(2) Brigadier General (Pilot) Zampoulakis Emmanouil
(3) Brigadier General (Pilot) Karavlidis Konstantinos
(4) Brigadier General (Pilot) Giaprakas Nikolaos