KYSEA approves new command structure for Greek Armed Forces
The Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) approved a new command structure for the Greek Armed Forces, designed to make them more flexible and efficient, during a meeting on Tuesday chaired by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis. According to national defence ministry sources, the new structure is expected to increase the capacity for rapid reaction, enhance interbranch cooperation and lower operational cost. The Armed Forces General Staff remains the only headquarters of all the branches of the armed forces on an operational and strategic level, while all the interbranch commands are converted to operational commands. In addition, a developing interbranch formation is created for rapid reaction on a brigade level on a tactical level, answerable directly to the armed forces chief. During the meeting, the government also selected the new heads for Greece's military justice system and approved the transfer of property from the National Defence Fund to the autonomous Officers' Construction Organisation in order to build more apartments in Thessaloniki for retired members of the military.
