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The NATO School Oberammergau (NSO) “Maritime Operational Law Course” was conducted from 26 to 30 May 2025 at our Centre’s premises, in cooperation with the United States Naval War College (USNWC) and the NATO’s Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters (CSW CoE). This NATO-approved Course aims to provide education and individual training to military/civilian Legal Advisors and Naval Officers in legal considerations pertaining to NATO maritime operations and public international law as it applies to peacetime operations and armed conflict at sea. In total, twenty-nine (29) trainees from fourteen (14) Allied Nations (Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland,

Resident Course 13000 “Command Team Issues in Maritime Interdiction Operation in Support of International Efforts to Manage the Migrant and Refugee Crisis at Sea” was conducted from 19th to 23rd of May 2025 at the NMIOTC premises. Course objective was to deliver the appropriate knowledge to the Command Teams of naval units in order to prepare them to fulfil the unit’s specific tasks related to operations to assist law enforcement agencies with the refugee and migrant crisis at sea. In total sixteen (16) trainees coming from ten (10) countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Türkiye)

Resident Course 23000 Weapons Intelligence Team (WIT) Supplement in the Maritime Environment was conducted from 19th to 23rd of May 2025 at the NMIOTC premises. The aim of the course was to educate and train NATO Nations and Partners WIT personnel in NATO Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) to conduct Level 1 – Field Exploitation tasks on board vessels and other maritime infrastructure, as well as in the Underwater Environment, in support of C-IED operations. In total twenty-one (21) trainees coming from ten (10) countries (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Italy, France, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden) attended the course. Subject Matter

From 14th to 15th of May, 2025, NMIOTC hosted ACT’s Defence Planning Practitioners Forum (DPPF) at its premises in Marathi, Souda Bay. The DPPF replaces the previously held Multinational Solutions Conference and is a newly ACT established initiative to provide participants an annual forum to connect, share expertise, solve problems and build a collaborative network to support the planning and execution of NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP) cycles. The Assistant Chief of Staff – Strategic Plans & Policy NATO ACT, Commodore Ruud Schoonen NLD (N), the Director Staff Element Europe/Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Defense Planning HQ SACT, Brigadier General

On Friday, May 16th, 2025, thirty five (35) students of the 43rd Course of the Hellenic Navy War College headed by Captain Georgios Trikollos (Commandant), visited NMIOTC. During the visit, they were informed about the Centre’s mission, role, training and transformational capabilities/activities.     

From 5th to 16th May 2025, the NMIOTC Maritime Sniper Course was conducted at the Centre’s premises and in the broader area of Chania, Crete. During the course, the participants: Planed and conducted Sniper Operations in the Maritime Environment. Engaged and delivered fire from land to stable and also towed targets at sea. Engaged and delivered fire from helicopter to stable and also towed targets at sea. Engaged and delivered fire from helicopter to stable target placed on the coastline. Engaged and delivered fire from land to land for zeroing day and night. Engaged and delivered fire from land to