Armed Forces of Greece

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military organization

The Armed Forces of Greece are the unified military organization responsible for the defense and security of Greece, comprising its army, navy, and air force.

Aliases (7)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization →
alliance	North Atlantic Treaty Organization →
alsoKnownAs	Hellenic Armed Forces →
commanderTitle	Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff → Minister of National Defence of Greece → President of Greece →
conflictInvolvement	Balkan Wars → Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) → Greek Civil War → Korean War → NATO peacekeeping in the Balkans → World War I → World War II →
country	Greece →
garrison	Athens → Crete → Thessaloniki →
hasComponent	active duty forces → conscripts → reserve forces →
hasPart	Hellenic Air Force → Hellenic Army → Hellenic Navy →
headquartersLocation	Athens →
historicalPrecursor	military of the Kingdom of Greece →
legalBasis	Constitution of Greece → Greek defense laws →
memberOf	European Union military structures → NATO →
nativeName	Ελληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις →
operatesIn	Aegean Sea → Eastern Mediterranean → Greek territory →
participatesIn	European Union military operations → NATO missions → United Nations peacekeeping operations →
primaryLanguage	Greek →
responsibleFor	defense of Greece → national security of Greece →
role	protection of national sovereignty → support to civil authorities in emergencies → territorial defense →
serviceBranch	Hellenic Air Force → Hellenic Army → Hellenic Navy →
standardEquipment	NATO-standard weapons →
subordinateTo	Government of Greece → Ministry of National Defence of Greece →
usesConscription	yes →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Greek Army ("Hellenic Armed Forces") → Greek National Army → Hellenic Air Force ("Hellenic Armed Forces") →	partOf
Coat of arms of Greece ("Hellenic Armed Forces") → Flag of Greece ("Hellenic Armed Forces") → M1 Garand ("Greek military") →	usedBy
Italian Co-Belligerent Army ("Greek forces") →	alliedWith
Egyptian Navy ("Hellenic Navy") →	alliesWith
Armed Forces of Greece ("Hellenic Armed Forces") →	alsoKnownAs
President of the Hellenic Republic ("Hellenic Armed Forces") →	commanderInChiefOf
NATO naval forces ("Hellenic Navy") →	memberStatesContribute
Greek government-in-exile ("Royal Hellenic Navy") →	militaryBranch
Hellenic Air Force ("Hellenic Armed Forces") →	militaryBranchOf
Armed Forces of Greece ("Ελληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις") →	nativeName
Italian invasion of Greece ("Royal Hellenic Navy") →	opponent
Somalia peacekeeping operations ("Greek Armed Forces") →	participant