On Friday 8th March 2024, in the presence of the Chief of Staff of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS), Lieutenant General Konstantinos Zolotas (HAF), the handover ceremony of the Command of NMIOTC, from Rear Αdmiral Themistoklis Papadimitriou GRC (N) to Commodore Efstathios Kyriakidis GRC (N), was held at the Centre’s premises.
From 26th February to 1th of March 2024, the 1st iteration of Cyber Defence Training for Blue Teams – “Guardian Blue 2024”, organized by NMIOTC with support from SHAPE J6, took place in a live online training format and it was attended by 43 cyber security professionals from 6 Allied Nations.
On Wednesday, February 28th, 2024, Captain Alex Bush RN, the departing United Kingdom Defence Attaché in Athens, Greece, visited the NMIOTC premises in Marathi, Souda Bay.
On Tuesday, February 27th, 2024, the Commander of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2), Captain Fotios Paraskevas GRC-N, paid an official visit to NMIOTC.
From 12th to 23rd of February 2024 the Resident Courses 2000 “Boarding Team Theoretical Issues” and 3000 “Boarding Team Practical Issues” were conducted in tandem at the NMIOTC premises.
On Wednesday, February 21st, 2024, a delegation from the United States of America Embassy in Athens, headed by Col. M. Tobias, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief, visited NMIOTC’ premises. Colonel Tobias was escorted by Col. J. Price, Air Attaché, Cdr E. Atienza, Assistant Naval Attaché, Cdr M. Hamm, Naval Program Manager, and Mr.B. Ousley Naseman, Consular Officer.
