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From 10th to 14th of March 2025, the Resident Course 12000 “C-IED in Maritime Interdiction Operations” was conducted at the NMIOTC premises. This NATO Approved Course fills an operational gap in capability and contributes to operations conducted by Boarding Teams when searching and exploiting evidence, which are fundamental to the C-IED process. The aim is to train Boarding Team personnel in NATO TTPs (Tactics, Technics and Procedures) to undertake expedient weapons intelligence tasks on board vessels and other maritime infrastructure in support of C-IED operations. In total, twelve (12) trainees from six (6) countries (Finland, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Qatar and

On Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, Candidate Attaches d’Ambassade from the Diplomatic Academy of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, escorted by H.E. Ambassador Michael Diamessis, Director of the Hellenic Diplomatic Academy and H.E. Minister Plenipotentiary Loukas Karatsolis, Head of A7 Directorate MFA GRC, visited NMIOTC. During the visit, they were informed about the Centre’s mission, role, training and transformational capabilities/activities.          

On Monday, March 10th, 2025, Commander Riccardo Chericoni ITA (N), Commanding Officer of the ITS “Paolo Thaon di Revel”, accompanied by the Italian Defence Attaché in Athens, Colonel Maurizio Ortenzi ITA (AF), visited NMIOTC.   During the visit, they paid an office call to NMIOTC Commandant, with whom discussed the Centre’s mission, role, training and transformational capabilities/activities.   NMIOTC Commandant expressed also his gratitude to the Italian Navy for supporting throughout the years the Centre with highly skilled and professional staff.        

From Tuesday, March 4th, 2025, to Friday, March 7th, 2025, NMIOTC delivered a 4 day Tailored Training to the 10-man boarding team of USS OSCAR AUSTIN (DDG79) in order to certify them in Advanced VBSS.   Since 2019, NMIOTC has been designated by U.S. 6th Fleet as a certification authority to provide C6F Advanced Deployment Certification for VBSS.  

On Monday, March 3rd, 2025, NMIOTC delivered a tailored training package to a 10-member Boarding Team from the ROS ‘Grigore Antipa’, in the context of the warship’s participation in the multinational EXER ARIADNE 25.   The trainees had the opportunity to increase situational awareness on maritime interdiction operations, intelligence gathering and WMD proliferation.  

On Wednesday, March 5th, 2025, the U.S. Defense Attaché – Senior Defense Official at the U.S. Embassy Athens, Captain Mark Imblum USN, accompanied by Mr. Christopher Dostal, Deputy Political Counsellor, visited NMIOTC.   During his visit, he paid an office call to NMIOTC Commandant, with whom he discussed the Centre’s mission, role, training and transformational capabilities/activities.