Live Your Myth In Occupied Cyprus
The horrific news shook the Turkish command post on the Saint Hilarion hill, just north of Kotzakaya. The 1st Commando Battalion ordered to counter-attack with two companies in front and a third in support.
Vasilis Chronopoulos
Greek SOF Rescues Civilians From Tripoli, Libya
On August 1st, the Greek Ministry of National Defense announced the successful completion of an operation to evacuate Greek and foreign citizens from the harbor of Tripoli, Libya early that morning. The operation, codenamed Aginor, was executed by the frigate “Salamis,” with the support of the organic helicopter S-70B and an Underwater Demolitions Command team. […]
Greek Special Operations Forces (SOF): Special Paratroopers Section
The creation of the Paratroopers School in 1955 began the first attempts of utilizing the parachute as an operational tool. After the reorganization of the Raiding Forces, it was decided for a number of officers and NCO’s to be attached to the Paratroopers School and then form a new unit under the School’s command. The […]
Alpha Raiders Squadron in Cyprus 1974
On July 15, 1974, with the support of the Ioannides junta in Athens, a coup d’état against the Cypriot government of the archbishop Makarios, took place. The reason for that were Makarios’ efforts to reduce the junta’s influence by expelling all Greek military personnel from Cyprus. This would have meant the loss of military control over Cyprus […]
Greek SOF Coup d’état?
After the recent Washington Post article you may be wondering whether the Greek SOF are preparing a coup d’état. In one word, the answer is no. But let me explain to you what is indeed happening. One of the casualties of the Greek civil war of the 1940s was the moderate and rational political thinking. […]
Greek SOF: Zeta Amphibious Raider Squadron
The dawn of February 1st 1996 was the end of the Imia crisis that unfortunately created unsubstantial ground for a challenge on the Greece’s claim on the Dodecanese islands and other parts of the Aegean. Whatever could go wrong that night, didn’t hesitate to do so: poor political administration, inefficient coordination due to factional interests mainly […]
The Origins of Greek SOF
Amongst the comments of my first article were requests to know more about the Greek SOF—since (as it seems) you don’t come about this kind of information every day. Well, sit back then, for here comes more. And as the rules of storytelling go, we’ll start from the beginning. The beginning finds us in 1942 […]
Greek SOF: Amphib Ops With Russian Zubr Hovercraft
This article comes to us from a former member of the Greek Special Forces, Vasilis Chronopoulos. I’m trying to get him on board as a regular writer with SOFREP so let us know how you like his first article! -Jack Seeing that Russian Zubr casually docking amongst heedless sunbathers surprised many. For me, what it […]
