From 14^th to 18^th of October 2024, NMIOTC run the pilot iteration of the Course 24000 “Building Up Interoperable Capabilities for NATO Ops and the Role of MIO” at the Centre’s premises.

From 30^th of September to 18^th of October 2024, the Royal Netherlands Navy Fleet Marine Squadron conducted a tailored training comprised of over twenty different modules including C-IED, VBSS, combat medical and crew control. The twenty four (24) participants were at NMIOTC for fifteen training days, including four days of exercises tailored to their unit’s specialization and requirements.

From 14th to 18th of October 2024, the Resident Course 12000 “C-IED in Maritime Interdiction Operations” was conducted at the NMIOTC premises. This NATO-Approved Course fills an operational gap in capability and contributes to operations conducted by Boarding Teams when searching and exploiting evidence, which are fundamental to the C-IED process.

From 16th to 27th September 2024, NMIOTC contributed with one (1) Subject Matter Expert as Instructor to the SOF “Medical Instructor Development and Tactical Combat Casualty Care Instructor Course”, led by the Allied Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM) Medical Mobile Training Team, at the Specialized Training Complex Tsrancha, Bulgaria.

On Wednesday, October 16^th, 2024, the Foreign Defence Attachés accredited to Greece (representing Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, The Netherlands, Türkiye, Switzerland, South Korea, Spain, UAE, UK, USA and Zimbabwe) visited NMIOTC’s premises.

 From 7^th to 11^th of October 2024, the pilot iteration of the Course 31000 “Harbour Protection and its relation to MIO”, with support from Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research (WTD-71) and NATO CoE CSW, was conducted at the NMIOTC premises.

From 7th to 11th of October 2024, the NMIOTC Resident Course 25000 “Drafting Production and Maintenance of NATO Standards”, with support from NATO Standardization Office (NSO), Allied Command Transformation (ACT), HNDGS and Defense Standardization Advice, was conducted at the Centre’s premises.