They are not a few... What are 161 Israeli soldiers doing in Greece?
But what else than to co-train for the first time with their Greek colleagues in the Thracian Cooperation Exercise in Petrochori Xanthi, they report in the "Pacemaker" column of the well-known newspaper "to Vima".
In the Thracian Cooperation Exercise, approximately 380 Americans are already co-trained, in Kilkis and at the Special Training Center for Inhabited Areas and Peace Missions for co-training with the 71st Airborne Brigade, also in Komotini in an Administrative Care exercise, in Alexandroupoli for issues border guards and tank simulators, in Loutraki for Combat Engineering issues and in Thessaloniki for Host Nation Support issues.
The continuous visits of the leader of the General Staff of National Defense in the last 3 years and more specifically the personal relations with the former Leader of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi have resulted in joint trainings, exercises and other actions.
His meeting in the next period is also possible with the new Leader of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, with whom he also connects them with a paratrooper background.
The American deputy minister and the drones that only fly at night
They always fly at night for security reasons, they have a long range, they can record everything that happens on land and sea, but also in the sky. They are based in Larissa, in the 110th Fighter Wing. An ideal base for the MQ-9 Reaper UAVs, the most advanced drones of the Americans to monitor what is happening in the North to the Baltic (Ukraine) and South (Africa, Eastern Mediterranean).
During the day, all 8 MQ-9 Reapers "rest" in their well-built hangars at Larissa Air Base. The US Undersecretary of Defense for International Security Matters, Celeste Wallander, who is in our country as Anthony Blinken's predecessor, wanted to see these up close, to learn their operational capabilities.
She was accompanied by General Staff of National Defense's General Konstantinos Floros and Deputy Minister of Defense Nikos Hardalias. The American woman was excited by the MQ-9s for the way they operate. But he was more excited by Alexandroupoli.
Alexandroupolis as the "Souda of the North" Before landing in Larissa with one of the two Air Force C-27s in operation, she went to Alexandroupolis, where they explained to her the importance of the port for NATO and how the facilities for shipping are made from there supplies to the Baltic.
The Leader of the General Staff of National Defense explained to her that Alexandroupolis is a key point, that in addition to the port, supplies and war material can be transported by road and rail. She left, as I told you, excited and went from Larissa and Alexandroupoli straight to Maximou for the Blinken-Mitsotakis talks. Know that the Leader of the General Staff of National Defense took the opportunity and formulated the request for the granting of American used C-130s to Greece.
