On September 4th 2020, the KFOR Chief of Staff, BGEN (US Army) Larry HENRY, accompanied by a KFOR delegation, visited NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Greece Headquarters, in order for him to familiarize with the HQ organization and training activities routinely conducted. This was a follow up on the KFOR COM visit on July 16th.
The distinguished visitor had a courtesy call by the NRDC – GR COS, MGEN (GRC A) Antonios CHATZIGEORGIOU, where they had the opportunity to...
On July 16th 2020, the KFOR Commander Major General (ITA A) Michele RISI accompanied by a KFOR delegation, visited NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Greece Headquarters on the opportunity of their presence in Thessaloniki.
The distinguished visitor had an official call by the Commander of NRDC – GR Lieutenant General Dimitrios KOUKKOS where they had the opportunity to discuss about issues of common interest. During the visit they received a detailed brief on the structure, mission and training activities of NRDC-GR.
NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Greece HQ held the Final Coordination Conference (FCC) of Exercise GORDIAN KNOT 20 (GOKT20) on the 2nd and 3rd of July 2020, after successfully completing the Main Event List / Main Incident List (MEL/MIL) Workshop that took place from June 15 to July 1, 2020.
GOKT20 will be the national experimentation venue that will train NRDC-GR in planning and conducting as a Multi-Corps Land Component Command (MC LCC) HQ an Article 5, Major Joint Operation Plus (MJO+), in all domains.
The exercise planning process has been a challenge this year, as several...
On Friday 20 th of March 2020, in a simple ceremony that took place at the premises of “Pedion Areos” camp in Thessaloniki, Lieutenant General Konstantinos KOUTRAS, handed over the Command of NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Greece (NRDC-GR), to Lieutenant General Dimitrios KOUKKOS.
The ceremony was held with the presence of the absolutely minimum military personnel and without guests and media, due to the announced measures on countering the spread of the COVID-19.
