Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις

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      Grčke oružane snage (Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, Ellinikés Énoples Dynámis) se satoje od Grčkog generalštaba nacionalne odbrane, Grčke kopnene vojske, Grčke ratne avijacije i Grčke ratne mornarice. Ministarstvo nacionalne odbrane je civilni autoritet nad grčkim oružanim snagama. Kao članica Evropske Unije i NATO saveza učestvuju u vojnim misijama diljem svijeta, kao što su naprijemer misije ISAF u Afghanistanu, EUFOR u BiH i Čadu te KFOR na Kosovu.

      Trenutno je u grčkoj na snazi obavezno služenje vojnog roka za muškarce starije od 18 godina u trajanju od devet mjeseci. Ženama je dozvoljeno služenje vojnog roka, ali nije obavezno. Grčka je najveći uvoznik konvencionalnog oružja u Evropi i vojni budžet je najveći u Evropi (računajući BDP).

      The Hellenic Armed Forces (Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, Ellinikés Énoples Dynámis) are combined military forces of Greece. They consist of the Hellenic National defense general Staff, the Hellenic army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Hellenic Air Force. The civilian authority for the Greek military is the Ministry of National Defense. Greece is an EU and NATO member country and participates in peacekeeping operations such as ISAF in Afghanistan, EUFOR in Bosnia and Chad, and KFOR in Kosovo.

      Greece currently has universal compulsory military service for males, under which all men above 18 years of age serve for 9 months. Women may serve in the Greek military, but cannot be conscripted. Greece is the largest importer of conventional weapons in Europe and its military spending is the highest in the European Union (relative to G.D.P).

     Grčka zastava (Σημαία της Ελλάδος) je sastavljena od devet plavo-bijelih traka. U gornjem lijevom uglu na plavom kvadratu je bijeli krst simbol grčkog Pravoslavlja. Tradicionalno objašnjenje za 9 traka je da su one za svako slovo fraze "Sloboda ili smrt" "Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος" ("E-lef-the-ri-a i Tha-na-tos"). 5 plavih za Έλευθερία, a 4 bijele za ή Θάνατος. Postoje i druge teorije, kao ona da 9 traka simbolizira devet Muza (Božica kulture i civilizacije). Zatim da plavo predstavljaju more i nebo, a bijelo valove itd... Izgled zastave je usvojen u Epidaurusu 13. 01. 1822. god. na prvom zasjedanju Nacionalne skupštine.

     The flag of Greece (Σημαία της Ελλάδος, popularly referred to as the Γαλανόλευκη or the Κυανόλευκη, the "blue-white") is based on nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolises Greek Orthodoxy, the established religion of the people of Greece. According to popular tradition, the nine stripes represent the nine syllables of the phrase "Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος" ("Freedom or Death", " E-lef-the-ri-a i Tha-na-tos"), the five blue stripes for the syllables "Έλευθερία" and the four white stripes "ή Θάνατος". There is also a different theory, that the nine stripes symbolize the nine Muses, the goddesses of art and civilization (nine has traditionally been one of the numbers of reference for the Greeks). The above patterns were officially adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidausrus on 13 January 1822. Blue and white have many interpretations, symbolizing the colors of the famed Greek sky and sea (combined with the white clouds and waves), etc.