Most Greek consultants on navy and safety affairs, together with many in uniform, have for years identified the necessity for a radical overhaul of the way in which the Hellenic Armed Forces are organized.
It’s certainly inconceivable for a rustic to have invested closely, spending many billions of euros, in protection procurement, buying essentially the most superior weapons techniques with an eye fixed to the long run, whereas the human component and the command construction of the power someway remained caught prior to now.
The priority is felt throughout the ideological spectrum, and in that sense one hopes that the shortcomings shall be addressed with seriousness and on a long-term foundation.
The novel reform initiated not too long ago by Protection Minister Nikos Dendias, included amongst different steps, the merging of navy items and a few daring cuts; 47 senior navy officers, together with the commander of the Military, the overall inspector of the Military, the commander of the Navy and the commander of the Air Power, had been retired.
Organising a brand new construction follows a deep evaluate, led by Basic Dimitris Choupis, chief of the Hellenic Nationwide Protection Basic Workers, that aimed toward eliminating an extra of high-ranking officers.
Because the protection minister famous, “the Greek navy can’t have extra senior officers than the US navy, which is six instances bigger.”
We’d like a extra technology-driven power the place the emphasis is on having the required experience somewhat than an pointless variety of high-ranking officers whose tasks usually overlap.
The intensive modernization effort contains the rationalization of personnel and navy bases, attracting and retaining the most effective minds within the ranks, selling modern technological analysis and growing a contemporary home protection business with the numerous advantages that will deliver not solely in navy phrases, but in addition financial.
The method ought to proceed in an expert method and with the broadest political help as its purpose is none apart from the advance of the nation’s safety.
