Hellenic Army General Staff
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The Hellenic Army General Staff is the general staff of the Hellenic Army
, the terrestrial component of the Greek Armed Forces. It was established in 1906 as the Army Staff Service (Επιτελική Υπηρεσία Στρατού). Since 1950, the HAGS is subordinated to the Hellenic National Defense General Staff
. Historically, most Chiefs of Staff have come from the Artillery
arm.
Hellenic Army
The Hellenic Army , formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece.The motto of the Hellenic Army is , "Freedom Stems from Valor", from Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War...
, the terrestrial component of the Greek Armed Forces. It was established in 1906 as the Army Staff Service (Επιτελική Υπηρεσία Στρατού). Since 1950, the HAGS is subordinated to the Hellenic National Defense General Staff
Hellenic National Defense General Staff
The Hellenic National Defence General Staff is the senior staff of the Hellenic Armed Forces. It was established in 1950, when the separate armed services ministries were consolidated into the Ministry of National Defence...
. Historically, most Chiefs of Staff have come from the Artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
arm.
Chain of Command
- Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (Αρχηγός ΓΕΣ): Lieutenant General Konstantinos Ziazias
- Inspector General of the Army (Γενικός Επιθεωρητής Στρατού / Διοικητής ΔΙΔΟΕΕ): Lieutenant General Konstantinos Ginis
- First Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (A' Υπαρχηγός ΓΕΣ): Lieutenant General Vasileios Tellidis
- Second Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (Β' Υπαρχηγός ΓΕΣ): Lieutenant General Athanasios Koutroumbelis