Greece’s General Staff introduced that its troops have launched an amphibious and particular operations train with U.S. troops.
The train might be attended by Greek troops and tools and the weather of the U.S. Marine Corps’ twenty sixth Expeditionary Unit, or Special Operations Capable, and can happen within the central areas of Magnesia and Pieria till Jan.14, it stated.
The train will contribute to the promotion of the extent of operational readiness, fight functionality and the change of know-how through the design and execution of particular operations, stated the General Staff.
Greek lawmakers ratified a revised model of the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) on May 12, 2022.
The deal permits the U.S. to make use of the Georgula Barracks in Greece’s central province of Volos and the Litochoro Training Ground and military barracks within the northeastern port metropolis of Alexandroupoli, together with the naval base in Souda Bay in Crete, which the U.S. has operated since 1969.
The MDCA, first signed in 1990, has been renewed a number of instances, with the final extension in 2019.
It was earlier topic to annual renewal however later amendments allowed for five-year extensions.
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