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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

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.                

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.              

On Friday 25th July 2025, the Commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), Rear Admiral (LH) Francesco Iavazzo, visited NMIOTC. During the visit, they were informed about the Centre’s mission, role, training and transformational capabilities/activities and exchanged their views on the current maritime security challenges.      

From 7 to 18 July 2025, NMIOTC provided a tailored Maritime Interdiction Operations training, basically comprised of modules from NMIOTC Courses 2000 and 3000 (“Boarding Team Theoretical Issues” and “Boarding Team Practical Issues”), to an eight (8) – member team of the Belgian Armed Forces Marine Infantry Corps. The trainees had the privilege to be the first team trained on the new NMIOTC Training Platform “AXIOS”.  

From 14th to 18th of July 2025, the Resident Course 28000 “Radiological Search in Maritime Environment” was conducted at the NMIOTC premises, utilizing a wide range of the Centre’s training facilities. Twenty-two (22) participants and twelve (12) Subject Matter Experts (SME) from eight (8) NATO nations (Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom and USA) took part in the course. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) supported the course with SMEs, equipment and ‘know-how’.