BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
of the Command Aide to the Commandant of the Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC)
Warrant Officer (Electronic Warfare) Aik. Papafili
Warrant Officer (EW) Aikaterini Papafili was born on 21 June 1988 in Corinth. She entered the Hellenic Navy NCO Academy in 2007 as an NCO Cadet. She has been promoted to:
- Petty Officer Third Class in 2009.
- Chief Petty Officer in 2013.
- Senior Chief Petty Officer in 2016.
- Warrant Officer in 2021.
She has served in strike units of the Fleet Headquarters as Assistant Electronic Warfare Equipment Custodian aboard the frigate HS Navarinon and as Electronic Warfare Equipment Custodian aboard the General Support Ship HS Axios. She subsequently served as Secretary to the Frigates Commander; at the Fleet Headquarters, in the Aides’ Office of the Deputy Fleet Commander; in the Aides’ Office of the Commandant of the Naval Training Command and later in that of the Fleet Commander; and in the Aides’ Office of the B’ Branch of the Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS).
She has served at the HNDC since 19 January 2026 and as Command Aide since 19 June 2026.
She is a graduate of the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and speaks English and French.
