LTG (Ret) Evangelos Papadpoulos was the Greek Army’s Special Forces Director (2 years); Commanding Officer of 32nd Marine Brigade (2 years); Director of Hellenic Army General Staff/Defense Planning & Programming Directorate/ HNDGS Staff Officer, Chief of Department of International Organizations/Defense Policy Directorate, Defense & Military Attache Greece in USA (3 years); Chief of Staff of 32 Marine Brigade, Staff Officer of SOF DIRECTORATE/HNDGS , CO of Marine Battalion (2,5 years)