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NMIOTC participated in the Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA) Scientific Assembly 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina USA, with a keynote presentation delivered by Chief Petty Officer Apostolos Lazaridis, Lead Medical Instructor and Course Director at NMIOTC. His presentation focused on the operational realities and unique challenges of applying Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) in the maritime domain — an environment where physics, weather, and confined spaces demand tailored solutions and high adaptability. During the presentation, CPO Lazaridis shared lessons learned from years of training NATO and Partner Nation personnel in Maritime TCCC, including critical insights on water recovery, casualty extraction

On 6th and 7th May, 2025, the ΝΜΙΟΤC Coordinating Board (NCB) was convened at the Centre’s premises, chaired by the Director of Education and Training Directorate of the Hellenic Navy General Staff and co-chaired by a representative from HQ SACT. A designated representative from ACO, as well as the NMIOTC Deputy Commandant and the NMIOTC Chief of Staff also participated as members of the Board. The NCB coordinates and provides advice on the Centre’s Program of Work (PoW) and on long-term matters regarding NMIOTC’s mission. It also reviews the NMIOTC curriculum in order to ensure that it conforms to lessons

From 5th to 7th of May, 2025, NMIOTC hosted the NATO Enterprise Cybersecurity Conference 2025 at its premises in Marathi, Souda Bay. The conference, titled “Securing the Cyber Frontline” was organized by NATO’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), and brought together staff from NATO Civilian and Military Structures, NATO Organisations and Agencies, as well as NATO Allies’ National Authorities for Cybersecurity and Industry Partners. The NATO’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), Mr. Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer, and the Director of NATO Office of Security (NOS), Mr. Galen J. Nace, paid office calls to the NMIOTC Commandant, with whom they discussed the

From 14 to 18 April 2025, NMIOTC supported the SOF “Medical Instructor Development and Tactical Combat Casualty Care Instructor Course” with one (1) Subject Matter Expert (SME) as an instructor. The course was conducted in Riga, Latvia, and led by the Allied Special Operations Forces Command (NATO SOFCOM)’s Medical Mobile Training Team. The training aimed to equip students with essential knowledge and skills related to SOF medical training, including requirements analysis, instructional design, skill acquisition in non-permissive environments, scenario-based training, and various debriefing techniques critical for SOF medical personnel. NMIOTC remains at the forefront of NATO medical training excellence, being

From 8th to 11th April 2025, NMIOTC delivered a tailored training package to FGS Bayern’s Force Protection Team in various VBSS areas, including Tactical Movement Inside/Outside of Coastal Critical Sites and Tactical Sweep. The trainees utilized a variety of the Centre’s outdoor training facilities, varying from the Containers Stack to the Coastal Urban Training Area.

From 7th to 11th of April 2025, the Course 29000 “Detection and Identification of WMD (CBRN Materials) in Maritime Interdiction” was successfully conducted at the NMIOTC premises. Seventeen (17) trainees coming from seven (7) NATO and Partner Nations (Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Netherlands and Poland) attended the course. Subject Matter Experts from US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), Institute for Maritime Operations Training (IMAF) and also Austrian and Finnish Army, supported the course as augmenters and instructors.