NRDC-GR HERALD THE MAGAZINE OF NATO RAPID DEPLOYABLE CORPS-GREECE July - December 2020 / Issue 15 The right medium for transmitting specific messages to your target audiences during a crisis situation “GORDIAN KNOT 2020” The MC LCC Challenge Protection of Civilians and Border Management: Hellenic Tank Challenge 2020 Issues for exploitation 2nd Mountain Brigade - Romania Disinformation in pandemic times NRDC·GR July - December 2020/Issue 15 Overview erald EDITORIAL BOARD COMMUNICATION DIVISION/Public Affairs Office (PAO) Chief PAO OF-5 (GRC A) Thomas SYRPAS D.Chief PAO EDITORIAL OF-4 (GRC A) Athanasios PAPATHANASIOU PA SOs Dear reader, OF-4 (GRC A) Paschalis KAMPOURIS OF-3 (GRC N) Athina SMYRLIDOU OF-3 (GRC A) Nikolaos BARMPERIS Everybody agrees that 2020 has been a difficult year Production OF-1 (GRC A) Georgios THEODOROU and for sure the strangest period for our generation. The Combat Camera COVID 19 pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives OR-7 (GRC A) Konstantinos BALAMPANOS OR-6 (GRC A) Alexandros ATSKAKANIS and its impact to our daily (personal and professional) Communication Information routine, activities, social habits, etc. is more than significant. Tel.: +30 2310 882452 / IVSN 451-2452 email: [email protected], email: [email protected] Yet, NRDC-GR continued and will continue to operate www.nrdc.gr Twitter: @NRDC-GR Facebook: NATO Rapid Deployeable Corps - Greece and perform its activities. Following the protective protocols, YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/nrdcgreece we continued our training; with EX “GORDIAN KNOT 2020” Commander’s Corner being the highlight of our annual activities, conducted our NRDC-GR Commander’s Corner p.01 conferences and seminars (mainly remotely) and getting Special Guests prepared for the future. • The right medium for transmitting specific messages to your target audiences during a crisis situation p.02 And the future for NRDC-GR has a name: Multi Corps • Protection of Civilians and Border Management: Land Component Command (MC LCC). By the time you Issues for exploitation p.06 read this, MC LCC will be the role of NRDC-GR. Our Articles training, preparation, experimentation and testing has been • Disinformation in pandemic times p.10 focused on this endeavor and some aspects can be found • Cyber terrorists and the right to be forgotten on the Internet p.17 • Deterrence theories and small nuclear states p.19 in the related articles of this issue. But you will find more • How Ancient Greeks Confronted Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder p.22 about the subject in the next one, after the Seminar that will • Joint intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance take place in the upcoming days. in support p.26 •Sustaining half a million soldiers, the new NATO challenge p.29 •Multi-Corp Land Component Command Enjoy the interesting articles we host in this issue and “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum” p.34 • “GORDIAN KNOT 2020” The MC LCC challenge p.36 allow us, the Public Affairs Office team to acknowledge • The Importance of Air Ops in Major Land the writers for their contribution. It is more than valuable Centric Operations p.41 • Logistic challenges in Multi Corps Land Operations. and strengthens the goal of PAO to inform NRDC-GR • The NRDC-GR Rear Support Command (RSC) Role p.45 • Contemporary Challenges: Emerging and disruptive Staff, NATO community and the Public about our latest technologies in the south p.48 developments and more. Please, bear in mind that the Affiliated Units views expressed in the articles are those of the contributing • “Hellenic Tank Challenge 2020” p.52 writers and do not represent the official opinion of NRDC- nd • 2 Mountain Brigade - Romania p.56 GR or NATO. Seminars - Conferences We would like to wish you a happy and prosperous • Final Coordination Conference of Exercise GORDIAN KNOT 2020 p.58 New Year! • NRDC-GR Internship Induction Training p.59 th • 16 Plenary Conference p.60 th Hopefully, humanity will win the battle with the • 19 Senior Resources Committee Meeting p.61 • NRDC-GR Cyber Operations seminar p.63 pandemic and we will return back to our normal way of life. Visits - Community Relations • KFOR Commander p.64 • KFOR Chief of Staff p.64 Very respectfully, • Deputy Minister of National Defense p.65 • LANDCOM Commander p.66 • Memorandum of Cooperation between NRDC-GR OF-5 (GRC A) Thomas SYRPAS and International Hellenic University P.67 NRDC-GR Chief Public Affairs Officer ON THE COVER Greek soldier of the NRDC-GR affiliated 71st Airmobile Brigade. NRDC·GR erald Commander’s Corner NATO mission given. After an experimentation period throughout 2020 followed by the declaration of Initial Operational Capability (IOC) as a MC LCC, I am pleased to announce that the “Deep Dive into Multi-Corps Land Component Command (MC-LCC) Operations Seminar” is going to be held by NRDC-GR HQ. The aim of the seminar is to share the knowledge and lessons identified and have a better understanding of the challenges that NATO could face at this level. Dear reader, During the GOKT20 PH III, we had the pleasure and honor I would like to welcome you to NRDC-GR personnel had to work to welcome and host the Allied the new issue of the “HQ NRDC- in an unprecedented environment Land Command (LANDCOM) GR HERALD”, our bi-annual where strict preventing measures Commander, Lieutenant General review aiming to bring the HQ had to be taken, we managed Roger L. CLOUTIER. During closer to achieving common by acting with high zeal and his visit, we had the opportunity understanding with military and professionalism, to complete the to discuss issues of common non-military audiences, while exercise successfully and stay interest and COM LANDCOM informing them of our mission, safe, as my intention always was. had the opportunity to visit Camp work and future goals towards a “Prokopidi” in Assiros area where safer world. One main principle of the HQ was deployed. modern warfare is that every The main activity for NRDC- domain (Land, Air, Maritime, Last but not least, I would GR during the previous semester Electromagnetic, Cyber and like to affirm to our counterpart was the Exercise GORDIAN Space) cannot be examined HQs that we are looking forward KNOT 20 (GOKT20), a national, isolated and separated from each to exchange of knowledge, one-level tactical Command Post other, but interconnection and cooperation, synergies and best Exercise which was used as a interdependence between them practices development. I hope that venue for the evaluation of NRDC- are essential elements leading you will enjoy your reading and I GR in planning and conducting to an All-domain Operations would like to wish you a Happy an Article 5 Major Joint Operation successful prosecution. During and Safe 2021! (MJO+) and was run at the highest GOKT20, NRDC-GR confirmed Tactical level, with NRDC-GR as that its highly educated and trained Dimitrios KOUKKOS Multi-Corps Land Component Staff, after continuous training and Lieutenant General (GRC A) Command (MC LCC) HQ. Despite fully supported with all necessary the fact that due to the pandemic, means, is capable to execute any 01 HQ NRDC·GR Herald Special Guests THE RIGHT MEDIUM FOR TRANSMITTING SPECIFIC MESSAGES TO YOUR TARGET AUDIENCES DURING A CRISIS SITUATION of communication channels selection Konstantinos Balomenos was plays a crucial role in the success born in Athens in 1968. of a crisis communication campaign He is a Political and International Relations scientist. He holds a bachelor because it ensures that the message on Administration and Economy of the will be received and attended by the Technological Educational Institution key target audiences of the crisis of Chalkis, a bachelor from the Faculty of International and European Studies management team. of Panteion University, and a Master of Science (MSc) on Marketing & Next we should focus on Media Communication with New Technologies Strategy. Media strategy is a plan from Athens University of Economics and Business. In addition, he holds a of action by a crisis management PhD from the Faculty of International team for sending messages to key and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. stakeholders of a crisis through Since 1984, he had been working Dr. Konstantinos P. BALOMENOS selected media. The issues that a as communication consultant, in the Political Scientist - International crisis management team should private sector, specializing in Marketing, Crisis Communication Management, Relations Specialist address during the planning of a as well as Strategic Communication. General Director of the Hellenic MOD Media Strategy are: In addition, he served as non- permanent staff at the Ministry of National Defence Policy & International • How often to present the Foreign Affairs and as a scientific Relations General Directorate message? collaborator at the office of the former Greek Prime Minister, Mr. Konstantinos • For how long to present the Mitsotakis. uring a crisis, a crisis D message? For 13 years he has been serving management team is necessary to • Where to present the as a course tutor/seminar speaker communicate with its key audiences, at the Hellenic National Defence message? media and public opinion quickly, College (HNDC) and other Hellenic • What media to use? military institutions on issues related to accurately and consistently so that Strategic Communication, etc. to inform them about the situation of The selection of the right In parallel, he is a specialized crisis (e.g. the causes of the crisis, scientific collaborator of the National communication channels to send the and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the procedure which will be followed message of a crisis communication School of Health Sciences, Department for coping with the crisis e.t.c). campaign depends on: of Nursing, teaching at the Master’s Additionally, through this procedure degree “Crisis Management in the area of Healthcare” programme.