“The selection of the new leadership of the Armed Forces signals the Government’s new approach to National Security. The National Strategy for the Armed Forces of 2030”, he said today the Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias on the occasion of the selection of the new leadership of the Armed Forces by the Governmental National Security Council (GNC).

“Target of change which begins today is the multifaceted modernization of the Armed Forces, with adaptation to modern data and needs” he said and added that the change concerns 3 main pillars.

first pillar, according to the minister, it is the complete reorganization of the Structure and Operation of the Armed Forces.

The goal is an organizationally modern, flexible and operationally efficient structure, which will meet the modern requirements but also the real possibilities of our country.

From rearranging Formations/Units and forming Dual Role/Use Units for Defense and Civil Protection, to streamlining decision making processes.

The second pillar refers to the weapons systems of the Armed Forces.

By updating the armament program, which will take into account the lessons learned from Ukraine, the Caucasus and the Middle East, technological developments and budgetary possibilities.

A commitment to technologically advanced solutions, efficient and with a better cost-benefit ratio is required. At the same time, the development of new media from domestic production is required. The country has the appropriate human capital. He must take advantage of it.

With the newly established Hellenic Center for Defense Research and Innovation Development, an innovation ecosystem is being created. It will finance the production of the means that the Armed Forces have specified, strengthening, at the same time, the Greek defense industry and the country’s economy.

It goes without saying that the modern Armed Forces require an effective maintenance mechanism for the means currently in use.

With a new operating model of the Defense Industry. Starting with the changes in the ODA in the immediate future and then in the EAS. By creating a healthy base of cooperation with the Greek Shipbuilding Industry.

Tanother pillar is the human resources of the Armed Forces:

With the upcoming upgrading of Officers’ training, with the redesign of the officers’ career paths, with the expansion of the important role of the NCO Corps. .

A self-evident condition in the third pillar is the improvement of the living conditions of the members of the Armed Forces.

The priority is to meet the housing needs of our enlisted men, for which Phase I of an ambitious housing program will begin soon, and to improve health care.

Changes in the way human resources are used include the revision of the term of service of conscripts. The transition from “Tenure-Duty” to “Tenure-Reserve” and to “Tenure-Opportunity”.

In upgrading education based on the Finnish model with the appropriate adjustments and the provision of retraining at regular intervals on a voluntary basis, but also the possibility of acquiring skills for those who choose it.

These national priorities are called upon to be implemented by the new leadership.

A new doctrine that constitutes a page changer and leads to the Armed Forces of 2030. A change absolutely necessary, not to say overdue. Beyond the previous horizon.

A change that will increase the possibilities of preventing any threat, and strengthen our role in the wider region.

On behalf of the Government, I would like to thank the outgoing GETHA Chief General Konstantinos Floros for his contribution during his long career in the Armed Forces, as well as the Chiefs of the General Staff of the Air Force Lieutenant General Themistocles Bourolias, Army Lieutenant General Angelos Houdeloudis and Navy Vice Admiral Ioannis Drymousis.

With the conviction that the new leadership will respond to its task, I wish the new General Dimitrios Houpis, and the new Chiefs of the General Staff of the Army Lieutenant General Georgios Kostidis, Navy Vice Admiral Dimitrios-Eleftherios Katara, Air Force Vice Admiral Dimosthenis Grigoriadis, every success in their work” .