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about us

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.

vision of the commandant

further develop NMIOTC as NATO’s primary Education and Training hub for the maritime dimension of projecting stability

about us

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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02/06/2025

NSO ‘NATO Maritime Operational Law Course’ in NMIOTC

The NATO School Oberammergau (NSO) “Maritime Operational Law Course” was conducted from 26 to 30 May 2025 at our Centre’s premises, in cooperation with the United States Naval War College (USNWC) and the NATO’s Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters (CSW CoE). This NATO-approved Course aims to provide education and individual training to military/civilian Legal Advisors and Naval Officers in legal considerations pertaining to NATO maritime operations and public international law as it applies to peacetime operations and armed conflict at sea. In total, twenty-nine (29) trainees from fourteen (14) Allied Nations (Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland,

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30/05/2025

Course 13000 Command Team Issues in Maritime Interdiction Operation in Support of International Efforts to Manage the Migrant and Refugee Crisis at Sea

Resident Course 13000 “Command Team Issues in Maritime Interdiction Operation in Support of International Efforts to Manage the Migrant and Refugee Crisis at Sea” was conducted from 19th to 23rd of May 2025 at the NMIOTC premises. Course objective was to deliver the appropriate knowledge to the Command Teams of naval units in order to prepare them to fulfil the unit’s specific tasks related to operations to assist law enforcement agencies with the refugee and migrant crisis at sea. In total sixteen (16) trainees coming from ten (10) countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Türkiye)

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29/05/2025

Course 23000 “Weapons Intelligence Team (WIT) Supplement in the Maritime Environment”

Resident Course 23000 Weapons Intelligence Team (WIT) Supplement in the Maritime Environment was conducted from 19th to 23rd of May 2025 at the NMIOTC premises. The aim of the course was to educate and train NATO Nations and Partners WIT personnel in NATO Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) to conduct Level 1 – Field Exploitation tasks on board vessels and other maritime infrastructure, as well as in the Underwater Environment, in support of C-IED operations. In total twenty-one (21) trainees coming from ten (10) countries (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Italy, France, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden) attended the course. Subject Matter

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