Training Center Palaskas
Crest
A cluster of a sword, an anchor and a cannon. The anchor and the cannon symbolize the first two schools which were founded at the Training Center, that is the “School of Navigation” and the “School of Gunnery”. The sword symbolizes the fighting spirit that all the Schools of the center instill in their trainees.
History
Following the liberation of Greece in 1945, the Hellenic Navy proceeded to organize the training of its low-ranking personnel, in parallel with the organization of its services, and it was decided that the main schools of the Navy should be located in the region of Skaramangas, where the Gunnery School and the Senior Command of Schools used to be in the pre-war years. So, in 1948 the Training Center PALASKAS was founded in the region of Skaramangas, in accordance with the decree issued by the Ministry for Naval Affairs and the Naval Training Headquarters, simultaneously with the Training Center KANELLOPOULOS and the Training Center POROS. The first schools which were founded were the Schools of Navigation, the School of Gunnery, the School for Radar operators and the Navy Band School.
As years went by, both the composition and the number of schools at the Training Center PALASKAS were modified many times. After the destructive earthquake on 7 September 1999, the Training Centers KANELLOPOULOS and SAKIPIS were officially abolished, and their schools were under the command of the newly reformed Training Center PALASKAS. In this context, the wider region (Naval Training Command – Training Center PALASKAS – Training Center KANELLOPOULOS) was renamed KANELLOPOULOS Camp, a procedure which was completed in May 2001 and brought about the unification of the three Training Centers into the newly reformed Training Center PALASKAS. In June 2008, an official distinction was drawn between the Training Center PALASKAS and the Training Center KANELLOPOULOS in accordance with the decree, still in effect, issued by the Hellenic Navy General Staff, which describes the establishment of the Naval Base KANELLOPOULOS and the modification of the organizational structure of the Training Center PALASKAS.
Mission
The Training Center PALASKAS aims at providing:
- the necessary training to high and low-ranking military personnel, conscripts, navy reserve as well to civilian personnel of the HN, in order to support the readiness and availability of the HN units and services, the professional and personal development of the personnel and the reinforcement of the idea of lifelong learning.
- training to third parties, which is beneficial to the HN and/or does not incur any costs for the HN, following orders issued by the HN General Staff.
Organization
The Training Center PALASKAS organizes a series of Career Development and Training Schools (courses) which are supervised by the Naval Training Command and are in accordance with the approved annual planning.
In addition, it provides high-quality training to the personnel of the HN utilizing the Navigation simulator, the Fire and Flooding simulator as well as the Guided Missile Launch simulator.
The Training Center PALASKAS has the following Departments/Schools:
a. DEPARTMENT OF LOGISTICS
(1) School of Logistics
(2) School of Music
(3) School of Health Services
(4) School of Vehicle Driving – Cranes Operators
(5) Military Language Testing Center
(6) Train-the trainer School
b. DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY & SURNVIVAL ON BOARD SHIPS
(1) School of Navigation
(2) Reserve Officer School
(3) Damage Control School
c. DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING ELECTRICITY:
(1) School of Engineering
(2) School of Electricity – Electronics
d. DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONS:
(1) Naval Communication School
(2) School of Gunnery
(3) School of Anti-Submarine Warfare-Underwater Weapons
Furthermore, the Center for Lifelong Learning 2 is under the command of the Training Center PALASKAS and is housed at the Training Center KANELLOPOULOS. The Center provides the following training courses:
Security technician
Food safety
Office of Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Metrology
Optical Fibers
PLC Programming
Computer technician, Network technician and computer literacy certification.
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