“MACHAON” Military Medical Seminar 2022


On Wednesday the 18th and Thursday the 19th of May 2022, NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Greece (NRDC-GR), conducted the “MACHAON” Military Medical Seminar 2022. This 2-day seminar, was focused on Medical planning and Support Major Joint Operations +, Military Medical Ethics and Pandemic Management.

The event was organized by GMED and chaired by NRDC-GR/DCOS SPT, who underlined the importance of this seminar, which is broading the medical knowledge, sharing best practices and enhancing capabilities, in order to tackle critical challenges that Medical Advisors need to address.

The seminar aimed to serve as a useful platform for medical advisors, planners, experts and professionals for sharing experiences, views and good practices, enhancing their capacities and building a common understanding on critical military medical subjects, with regard to the planning of military large scale operations.

The participation to the seminar included distinguished briefers from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MOD), King’s College London and other NATO entities, coming from the  Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Brunssum, Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Spain (NRDC-ESP), NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy (NRDC-ITA), Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC-NE), Joint Logistic Support Group Brunssum (JLSG BS), Hellenic Air Force General Staff (HAFGS), Romanian Land Forces HQ, Multinational Division South – East (MND-SE), NATO Force Integration Unit Hungary (NFIU HUN), 424 Military Hospital of Thessaloniki (MHTH) and 3rd Veterinary Hospital (3rd VH). 

During the event, valid COVID-19 protocols were implemented and the protective measures were followed.