“History.†This is how several major Greek dailies describe the possibility for women to carry out their military service, on a voluntary basis. On Thursday, the first seventy-two women were welcomed for the next twelve months at the Lamia military training center in central Greece.
They “made history by becoming the first volunteers to join the Greek army†, gets excited ProtoThema. The conservative newspaper points out that “there are many incentives offered to women who have decided to enlist… : year recognized as professional seniority, priority hiring in the public sector, access to infrastructures reserved for the army…
According to the newspaper I Kathimerini, “Women’s interest in voluntary service was very high and the applications received by the General Staff recruiting offices far exceeded initial forecasts.â€.
“Their enlistment completes the equal representation of women in the armed forces, contributes to increasing the potential of the Greek army and strengthening its operational capacity†, observes Lieutenant Colonel Konstantina Klonari in the columns of the center-right daily, while Greek demography is falling
