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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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NMIOTC Program of Work
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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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Integrating Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) into Maritime Interdiction: Part 3 online
In the concluding part of NMIOTC’s paper series on the application of MDO in MIO, the Commandant NMIOTC, Commodore Periklis PIYIS GRC-N, offers his assessment and outlook on the future of MIO. NMIOTC is more than just a NATO NETF; it plays a pivotal role in anticipating future challenges and equipping the Community of Interest with skilled personnel, right capabilities, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures to effectively carry out contemporary Maritime Interdiction tasks.
Exercise Toxic Bay 2025 at NMIOTC
From 22nd to 27th June 2025, NMIOTC hosted and supported with its Subject Matter Expert (SME) the 1st edition of the Naval CBRN Exercise “TOXIC BAY 25”, which utilized a wide variety of the Centre’s training facilities and capabilities. This multinational CBRN exercise was organized by the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) in cooperation with the Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS). The exercise objective was to train CBRN specialists and naval operators in all aspects of CBRN defence in a warm climate, in efficient management of CBRN events, using NATO’s five CBRN components per the relevant doctrine, and also
In the concluding part of NMIOTC’s paper series on the application of MDO in MIO, the Commandant NMIOTC, Commodore Periklis PIYIS, offers his assessment and outlook on the future of MIO. NMIOTC is more than just a NATO NETF; it plays a pivotal role in anticipating future challenges and equipping the Community of Interest with skilled personnel, right capabilities, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures to effectively carry out contemporary Maritime Interdiction tasks. MIO NMIOTC Special Issue – Future of MIO and MDO (part 3)