GEETHA: The operational activities of the Armed Forces are suspended for another 15 days | GREECE



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For another 15 days, the suspension of the Armed Forces’ operational training activities is expected to be extended for precautionary reasons due to the coronation.

In this context, the 8-day interdisciplinary aeronautical exercise “Storm” is suspended, which was due to begin today with the participation of all fleet units, Air Force aircraft and special forces units.

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Situations require prudence

“The obvious quirks of this period, critical to public health, combined with the almost certain return of Turkey’s hybrid threat to our eastern land and sea borders, as recognized and consistently repeated by Turkish officials at every opportunity, impose prudence to ensure the operational readiness of the Armed Forces to the highest degree to remain intact against the pandemic, “commented competent sources of GEETHA referring to the reasons that led to making the pertinent decision and referring” in due course “to the implementation of the activities. educational operations and “when health conditions allow it”.

The return of the hybrid threat from Turkey is almost certain

In particular, the same sources noted: “The obvious peculiarities of this critical period for public health require the continuation, at least for the next fortnight, of the temporary suspension of large-scale business training activities, in order to preserve the extremely low level of CO. -19 in the ranks of the Armed Forces, a percentage that, at the peak of the pandemic in our country, did not exceed 0.05% of its strength. “

The almost certain return of Turkey’s hybrid threat to our eastern land and sea borders, as recognized and consistently repeated by Turkish officials at every opportunity, requires caution to ensure the operational readiness of EDs to the highest degree, of the pandemic .

Based on national and operational interest, the DE will follow the careful and safe steps dictated by the government.

They added: “Large and medium-scale commercial operations and training will be carried out in due time and when health conditions allow. And always with the aim of maintaining and protecting the high level of combat capacity, the health of the personnel and the availability of the units of all the Branches of the Armed Forces “.

“In the midst of the pandemic, this was accomplished with the greatest effort and deprivation, ranking the Greek Armed Forces among the few in the world to do so. Based on national and operational interest, the DE will follow the careful and safe steps it dictates the government for the entire Greek society, as well as the pioneers who followed them with difficult but necessary decisions when the country was in crisis, but with brilliant results that resulted, which should not be jeopardized in any way, “they concluded. sources.



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