On Tuesday, 28 February, 2017, the Alternate Minister of National Defence Dimitris Vitsas and the Chief of HNDGS Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis attended the annual awards ceremony held in Athens War Museum, for athletes and sport teams of the Armed Forces and the Security Services, who were distinguished in 2016, as well as for personnel and bodies that offered significant services to military sport. The ceremony was attended by the Alternate Minister of Citizen Protection Nikolaos Toskas, the Chiefs of General Staffs of the Armed Forces and Security Services.