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Hellenic Navy Underwater Demolition Command (Διοίκηση Υποβρύχιων Καταστροφών, ΔΥΚ)
Basic combat diver course — entry tests (Σχολείο Βασικής Εκπαίδευσης Υ/ΚΤ)

Greek Navy combat divers (Υ/ΚΤ) are trained by the Underwater Demolition School of the ΔΥΚ in a basic course of 32 weeks, with dives to 40 m. Before the preliminary phase, applicants — men only, from any branch of the armed forces or security services — must pass eight pass/fail tests: a mile run in uniform and boots, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, dips, a 5 m rope climb, a 300 m swim and a 15 m underwater swim.

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Pay · free · rates from 1 Oct 2025 (ν. 5265/2026)

What a Greek Navy combat diver (ΔΥΚ) earns

Pay grade
ΜΚ 2 · ≈3 yrs
Gross · Λοχίας (Υ1, κατ. Β΄) · ΜΚ 2 · ≈3 yrs€1,851 per month, before tax
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Not included in the total
  • Mine clearance allowance, combat divers with EOD qualification (επίδομα εξουδετέρωσης ναρκών): officers €800, NCOs and enlisted €900 provisional€800 – €900 per month

New armed forces pay law ν. 5265/2026, in force retroactively from 1 Oct 2025; ranks are mapped to pay grades as valid until 31 Dec 2026. Basic salary = table amount × grade coefficient, rounded to the euro (our calculation). The diving risk allowance dates from a 2018 joint decision read from a reprint, and placing career NCOs in its middle category is our assumption, so it is provisional; special-mission compensation and family benefit are not included.

provisional = official source with a provisional legal status, a secondary source or our own calculation; see the sources.

The test, event by event

EventMinimum (men, entry tests)
1-mile run in combat uniform and boots, under 7.5 min (Τροχάδην 1 μιλίου)7:30
Push-ups, continuous (Κάμψεις)30
Sit-ups, continuous (Αναδιπλώσεις κοιλιακών)30
Pull-ups, continuous (Έλξεις στο μονόζυγο)8
Parallel-bar dips, continuous (Βυθίσεις στο δίζυγο)8
300 m surface swim, any stroke, no fins, under 7 min (Κολύμβηση επιφανείας)7:00
Underwater swim (Υποβρύχια κολύμβηση, μακροβούτι)15 m

Also required

  • Men only: officers, NCOs and soldiers of any specialty from the armed forces and security services, with at least upper-secondary education (λύκειο). Career Navy officers, NCOs and direct-entry personnel must be 28 or younger at the time of the tests; conscripts have no age limit if they hold a school-leaving certificate and a clean record; others follow the age limits of their own service.
  • An eighth test is not in the calculator: a 5 m rope climb without using the legs (Αναρρίχηση επί κάλω), pass/fail. Between tests 2 to 6 (push-ups to rope climb) there is a rest of at least 2 minutes; repetitions have no time limit, and the swims are done in a pool.
  • Medical and admin: a signed statement of awareness of the risks, a recompression chamber test and a medical certificate from the health board (ΑΝΥΕ). The basic course lasts 32 weeks and includes dives to 40 m.
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Questions

Can women apply?

No. The Navy page states that applicants must be male officers, NCOs or soldiers. That is why the calculator has a single set of thresholds, for men.

Is 7:30 on the mile enough?

Not quite: the source asks for under 7.5 minutes on the mile and under 7 minutes on the 300 m swim, so the calculator's 7:30 and 7:00 are limits you must beat. The repetition tests have no time limit, but the reps must be continuous. There is no scoring scale — every test is pass/fail.

Where do the numbers come from?

From the Hellenic Navy page "Προϋποθέσεις συμμετοχής στο Σχολείο Βασικής Εκπαίδευσης Υ/ΚΤ" on hellenicnavy.gr (Underwater Demolition School), read on 18 October 2026. The page has no publication date (footer © 2024), so the standards may be older than they look.

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