88th Military Command (Greece)

88th Military Command
88η Στρατιωτική Διοίκηση
Camp flag of the 88th Military Command
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Mechanized
Size	5 Battalions
Part of	Supreme Military Command of Interior and Islands
Garrison/HQ	Lemnos, Aegean Islands
Mottos	Ποιείν α κελεύει πατρίς Do what your country commands

The 88th Military Command (Greek: 88η Στρατιωτική Διοίκηση, abbrev. 88 ΣΔΙ), is a Hellenic Army mechanized infantry brigade responsible for the defence of the island of Lemnos, Greece.

Structure

• 88th Military Command (88 ΣΔΙ), based at Lemnos
  • HQ Company (ΛΣΤ/88 ΣΔΙ)
  • 88th Armored Battalion (88 ΕΜΑ)
  • 285th Mechanized Infantry Battalion (285 Μ/Κ ΤΠ)
  • 290th Mechanized Infantry Battalion (290 Μ/Κ ΤΠ)
  • 224th Infantry Battalion (224 ΤΠ)
  • 88th Self Propelled Artillery Battalion (88 Α/Κ ΜΒΠ-ΠΕΠ)
  • 101st Artillery Battalion (101 ΜΠΜΠ)
  • 88th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion (88 ΜΑ/ΑΠ)
  • 88th Engineer Battalion (88 ΤΜΧ)
  • 88th Medical Corps Battalion (88 ΤΥΓ)
  • 88th Signal Company (88 ΛΔΒ)
  • 88th Anti Τank Company (88 ΛΑΤ)
  • 88th Support Battalion (88 ΤΥΠ)

Motto

The 88th Military Command's motto Ποιείν α κελεύει πατρίς (transl. (to) do what your country commands) is an adaptation of a phrase attributed to Socrates: ποιητέον ἃ ἂν κελεύῃ ἡ πόλις καὶ ἡ πατρίς (Crito, 51b-51c), you must do whatever the state, your country, commands (transl. by Harold North Fowler).