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From 28 September to 9 October 2026  the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre provided (under the auspices of NATO HQ IS/PASP) a two-week MIO Tactical Tailored Training to participants/members of the Bahrain and Qatar Armed Forces, as well as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat, in support of the NATO – ICI Flagship Project. This NATO – tailored training was designed to strengthen participants’ operational and tactical knowledge and competencies. It included theoretical and practical training in Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS), in planning and executing operations in Coastal Critical Sites (CCS), in NATO practices and procedures regarding

From 5 to 7 October 2026, the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC) delivered the “EUNAVFOR MED FVB Course” to Command and Boarding Teams of HS NAVARINON and ITS CIGALA FULGOSI. This course is co-designed with the EUNAVFOR MED Operation IRINI Operational Headquarters (OHQ) to train participating command and boarding teams. The training focuses on maximizing interoperability and establishing common procedures. During the course, the Force Commander of EUNAVFOR MED Operation IRINI, Commodore Stavros Polydorou HN, visited the NMIOTC. He met with the Commandant, Commodore Pavlos Angelopoulos HN, to discuss the training program and explore future cooperation opportunities.

On 2 October 2026 NMIOTC delivered one-day Tailored Training to a 17-member Boarding Team from the Spanish Navy Frigate ESPS SANTA MARIA, aiming at improving their Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) capacity in Maritime Interdiction Operations as well as their skills in Close Quarter Combat.

From 21 September to 2 October 2026, the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre conducted the 2026 iteration of its resident Course 5000 “Maritime Operational Terminology Course” (MOTC), hosting eight (8) participants representing Algeria, Georgia, Jordan, Mauritania and Ukraine. The course was delivered by NMIOTC Instructors in cooperation with augmenters from the NATO Allied Command Transformation, the United States Navy Reserves (USNR) and the Royal Netherlands Navy Reserves (KMR).

From 9 to 20 February 2026, the NMIOTC delivered its Resident Courses 2000 “Boarding Team Theoretical Issues” and 3000 “Boarding Team Practical Issues” in tandem, hosting twenty eight (28) participants representing Bahrain, Belgium, Croatia, Georgia, Jordan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Portugal and Ukraine. Course “2000” provided theoretical training to Boarding Teams in order to better plan and conduct Boarding Operations. Course “3000”, that followed, focused on the associated practical training for safe and effective Boarding Operations.

From 14 to 25 September 2026, the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre delivered its resident Course “C-IED Considerations in Maritime Force Protection”, with the participation of nine (9) trainees from Algeria, Belgium, Colombia, Georgia, Jordan, Italy and Ukraine. The objective of the course was to educate and train the participants in NATO practices and procedures regarding operational and tactical dimensions of mitigating the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Threat in Maritime Force Protection. The course was delivered by NMIOTC Instructors in cooperation with augmenters from the Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters (CSW CoE), the Hungarian