The oath-taking ceremony of newly commissioned Second Lieutenants took place today in the Hellenic Army Academy, Vari, Attica prefecture. The new officers were awarded the swords by the Minister of National Defence Dimitris Avramopoulos.
277 Second Lieutenants graduated from the Academy, of which 240 are from Greece (217 men and 23 women), 24 from Cyprus (23 men and 1 woman), 6 from Armenia, 2 from Syria, 2 from Jordan, 2 from Montenegro (1 man and 1 woman) and 1 from Albania.
The ceremony was also attended by the Deputy Minister of National Defence Ioannis Lampropoulos, the Chief of HNDGS General Michail Kostarakos, the Chief of HAFGS Lieutenant General (P) Evangelos Tournas, the Chief of HNGS Vice Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis HN and the Chief of HAGS Lieutenant General Christos Manolas.