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The NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC) is the only NATO Education & Training Facility (NETF) dedicated to the maritime domain. Officially established in 2008, is quality-assurance unconditionally accredited by Allied Command Transformation. Funded by Greece and multinationally manned, the Centre is located at the north-west of Crete, at the Akrotiri peninsula, in the northern area of Souda Bay, near the city of Chania, inside Hellenic Navy’s Souda Naval Base.
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further develop NMIOTC as NATO’s primary Education and Training hub for the maritime dimension of projecting stability
My vision is to further develop the concept of NMIOTC as a hub for the maritime dimension of projecting stability. To this end, we are undertaking a series of mid and long-term initiatives, such as establishing new individual and collective training products.
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10/09/2025
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ROS ‘Regina Maria’ Command & Boarding Team trained before deployment on OSG
Between 01 and 05 September 2025, in advance of the Romanian Navy’s frigate “Regina Maria” (ROS F222) deployment under NATO Operation Sea Guardian (OSG), NMIOTC delivered a five-day tailored training programme for a 20-member boarding team and a 10-member command team. The training was designed to enhance operational readiness in Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO), with a particular focus on Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) capabilities, Close Quarter Combat techniques, Legal framework and considerations, Rules of Engagement (ROE), and NATO-standard procedures applicable to MIO environment. In conjunction with the training activities, Captain George-Victor DUREA ROU-N, Chief of Staff, Romanian Navy
01/08/2025
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NMIOTC’s Mobile Education and Training Team (METT) Exercise “BREEZE 25”
From 12th to 13th July 2025, NMIOTC delivered a Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) tailored training with a Mobile Education and Training Team (METT) to participants of the Exercise BREEZE 25, in Varna, Bulgaria. In total, twenty four (24) participants from BGR’s and ROU’s Navy Boarding Teams received the aforementioned training.
30/07/2025
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Visit of Members of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association
On Friday 25th of July 2025, members of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association (WHIA) visited NMIOTC. The World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association is an inter-parliamentary organization bringing together legislators of Greek origin from around the world. During their visit they were informed about the mission, roles and activities of NMIOTC and Souda Naval Base.
