1st Infantry Division (Greece)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= I Infantry Division


caption= Flag of the I Infantry Division
dates= 1912-present
country= Greece
branch= Hellenic Army
type= Special Forces
role=
size= 3 Brigades
command_structure= First Army
garrison= Veroia, Macedonia
patron=
motto= Aέρα! ("Aera!" "Like the wind")
battles= First Balkan War, Second Balkan War, Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), Greco-Italian War, Battle of Greece, Greek Civil War
anniversaries=

The First Infantry Division( _el. I Μεραρχία Πεζικού "I Merarchia Pezikou", I ΜΠ for short) is an elite infantry division of the Hellenic Army. It is headquartered in Veroia, Macedonia and being one of the oldest units of the Hellenic Army, it has participated practically in every war Greece has fought.

Organization

Divisional HQ and support units
*1st Signal Battalion ("1ο TΔΒ")
*Division HQ Company ("ΛΣ/Ι ΜΠ")

"' ("1η ΤΑΞΚΔ-ΑΛ")
* 480th Signal Battalion (480ο ΤΔΒ - 480 Tagma Diavivaseon)
* 1st Raider Regiment (1ο ΣΚ - 1 Syntagma Katadromon)
** Beta Raider Squadron (Β΄ ΜΚ - Vita Moira Katadromon)
** Delta Raider Squadron (Δ΄ ΜΚ - Delta Moira Katadromon)
** Epsilon Raider Squadron (Ε΄ ΜΚ - Epsilon Moira Katadromon)
** 14th Signal Company (14 ΛΔΒ - 14 Lochos Diavivaseon)
* 2nd Paratrooper Regiment (2ο ΣΑΛ - 2 Syntagma Alexiptotiston)
** 1st Paratrooper Squadron (1η ΜΑΛ - 1 Moira Alexiptotiston)
** 2nd Paratrooper Squadron (2η ΜΑΛ - 2 Moira Alexiptotiston)
** 18th Signal Company (18 ΛΔΒ - 18 Lochos Diavivaseon)
* 13th Special Operations Command "Ieros Lochos" (13η ΔΕΕ Ιερός Λόχος - 13 Dioikisi Eidikon Epicheiriseon)
** Alpha Amphibious Raider Squadron (Α΄ ΜΑΚ - Alfa Mira Amfivion Katadromon)
** Gamma Amphibious Raider Squadron (Γ΄ ΜΑΚ - Gamma Mira Amfivion Katadromon)
** 13th Signal Company (13ος ΛΔΒ - 13 Lochos Diavivaseon)
* Special Paratrooper Unit (ETA - Eidiko Tmima Alexiptotiston)
* Zeta Amphibious Raider Squadron (Ζ΄ ΜΑΚ - Zeta Mira Amfivion Katadromon)"' (32η ΤΑΞΠΝ "Mοράβας")
* HQ Company (ΛΣ/32ης ΤΞΠΖΝ)
* Marines Armor Company (IMA)
* 505th Marines Battalion (505ο ΤΠN)
* 521st Marines Battalion (521ο ΤΠN)
* 575th Marines Battalion (575ο ΤΠN)
* Marines Artillery Battalion (32η ΜΠΠ)
* Marines Armoured Squadron (3η ΙΜΑ)
* Marines Engineer Company (32ος ΛΜΧ)
* Marines Light Air Defence Battery (32η ΠΕΑ/ΑΠ)
* Marines Signal Company (32ος ΛΔΒ)
* Marines Support Battalion (32ο TYΠ)

"' ("71η Α/M ΤΑΞ")

* HQ Company (ΛΣ/71ης Α/Μ ΤΑΞ)
* 595th Airborne Battalion (595ο A/M ΤΠ)
* 596th Airborne Battalion (596ο A/M ΤΠ)
* 601th Airborne Battalion (601ο A/M ΤΠ)
* 116th Airborne Artillery Battalion (116η Α/Μ ΜΠΠ)
* 71st Airborne Engineer Company (71ος ΛΜΧ)
* 71st Light Air Defence Battery (71η ΠΕΑ/ΑΠ)
* 71st Signal Company (71ος ΛΔΒ)
* 71st Support Battalion (71ο TYΠ)

ee also

*Hellenic Army
*Structure of the Hellenic Army
*Formations of the Hellenic Army

External links

* [http://www.mod.gr/ Hellenic Ministry of Defense - Official Site]
* [http://www.army.gr/ Hellenic Army General Staff - Official Site]