The need "to change, to adapt, to reform, to develop", as "our country is at a very important crossroads, we are living in very difficult times", pointed out the Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, in his greeting at an event in his honor, organized by the Consulate General of Greece in Boston, on the occasion of his visit to the USA - as a guest of the celebrations for the national anniversary of March 25, 1821 - connecting his presence with "the enormous reform that is taking place in the Armed Forces Strengths with the universities of Boston.'