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From 13th to 24th of October 2025, the Resident Course 21000 “Medical Combat Care in Maritime Operations” was conducted at the NMIOTC’s premises. The goal of this course was to transfer knowledge and create & enhance trainees’ skills so as to provide pre-hospital emergency medical assistance from the point of injury in the mission/theatre until the final transfer to the closest Medical Treatment Facility is accomplished. In total, eighteen (18) participants from six (6) Countries (Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Japan and Lithuania) attended the course. Training was delivered from Subject Matter Experts certified as NAEMT (National Association of Emergency Medical

From 21st to 23rd of October, 2025, NMIOTC proudly hosted the 2025 NATO Infrastructure Conference (NIC) at its premises in Souda Bay, Greece. The Conference, which is a three-day event, is facilitated by NATO ACT’s Materiel Solutions, Infrastructure & Facilities (MSIF) Branch as an effort to develop and maintain a connected and process-educated Infrastructure Community of Interest (COI). It is an opportunity to network and share experience about recent development of NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) Infrastructure processes, Programmes and Projects, under the Common Funded Capability Delivery Governance Model (CFCDGM). One hundred sixty-seven (167) attendees representing twenty eight (28) Nations

Based on a request from the Italian Navy Frigate ITS FASAN, on October 20th, 2025, NMIOTC delivered one-day Tailored Training to 35 members of MIO Command Team (CT) and Boarding Team (BT) of ITS FASAN. The Command Team training encompasses MIO related: Operational Planning, RoE and Unit Organization, while the Boarding Team training was aimed at enhancing Practical VBSS capability in MIO as well as Close Quarters Combat Skills On the occasion of the training, NMIOTC Commandant received in his office Real Admiral (LH) Marcello Grivelli, Commander of the ITA-N 3rd Naval Division (COMDINAV TRE) to discuss future opportunities for

SOUDA BAY, GREECE  – On  Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, in the context of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) away day to Chania military facilities, co-organized by the German & the Greek Permanent Missions to NATO, Permanent Representatives of Allied Nations visited the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC). The distinguished guests led by the Permanent Representatives of DEU and GRC to NATO, H.E. Dr. Detlef Wächter and H.E. Abassador Vasiliki Gounari, respectively, Mr. Julien Kita, NATO Director of Defence Enablement and Resilience, Mrs. Carmen Romero, NATO Director of Security Policy H.E. Ambassador Boris Ruge, NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for

From 13th to 17th of October 2025, the NMIOTC Course 12000 “C-IED in Maritime Interdiction Operations” was conducted at the Centre’s 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 (Counter-Improvised Explosive Device) process. The aim was to train international Boarding Team personnel in NATO Tactics, Technics and Procedures (TTPs) to undertake expedient weapons intelligence tasks on board vessels and other Maritime infrastructure in support of C-IED operations. In total, eighteen (18) trainees from eight (8) countries (Azerbaijan, Bulgaria,

From 29th of September until 17th of October 2025, a twenty-three (23) member Troop from the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) Maritime Security Squadron (MSS) received training in NMIOTC, in order to improve their VBSS capacity in Maritime Interdiction Operations as well as Close Quarter Combat skills (CQC). In the context of the aforementioned training, Lieutenant Colonel Robert van Riel NLD-N, Commanding Officer of the Littoral Manoeuvre Group, paid an office call to NMIOTC Commandant, with whom he discussed the Centre’s training capabilities and future cooperation.