NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Greece
The III Hellenic Army Corps / NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Greece, abbreviated NRDC-GR (Greek: Γ' Σωμα Στρατού), is an operational headquarters of the Hellenic Army, intended for the direction of international operations undertaken by the European Union and NATO. The HQ was originally going to replace the III Army Corps of the Hellenic Army altogether, taking control of its rapid response units, but this was changed in 2009, so that the two HQs essentially co-exist as a joint formation, each controlling different units of the old Army Corps. The Corps is based in the city of Thessaloniki since 1946.
| III Army Corps NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Greece | |
|---|---|
| Γ' Σωμα Στρατού | |
Emblem of the NATO Rapid Deploment Corps | |
| Active | 1913–1917 1920–1941 1946–present |
| Country | Greece |
| Allegiance | Provisional Government of National Defence (1916-1917) |
| Branch | Hellenic Army |
| Size | Army Corps |
| Part of | Hellenic Army General Staff |
| Location | Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia |
| Motto(s) | ου φεισόμεθα της ζωής ημών - "We will not spare our lives" |
| Engagements | World War I Greek Civil War |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Lt General Sotirios Kostakoglou |
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