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In the context of the NATO Defence Capacity Building (DCB) program for Mauritania, Maritime Security Initiative, NMIOTC delivered, from 9th to 13th of December, 2024, a 2nd Tailored Training package to twenty-five (25) Officers, Petty Officers, Corporals, and Enlisted personnel of Mauritanian Navy, Coastguard and Gendarmerie by deploying for the second year in a row, a Mobile Education and Training Team (METT) at the “Fusiliers Marins” Naval Base in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

From 8th to 12th of December 2024, a 5-member Mobile Training Team from NMIOTC delivered a Combined Modular Training in Maritime Interdiction Operations, Border Security and Refugee Control at the NATO-ICI Regional Centre in Kuwait (NIRC). It has been the fourth time NMIOTC trainers participate in educational activities at the NIRC premises, and the first time a weekly seminar is organized by NMIOTC.

From 8th to 9th of December 2024, the NMIOTC Commandant participated, along with Commodore Sheikh Mubarak Ali Yousuf Al-Sabah, Director General of the Kuwaiti Coast Guard, in the 4th edition of ‘NATO Talk’, organized by the NATO ICI Regional Centre in Kuwait (NIRC), upon the invitation of the Director of the Centre, H.E. Mohamed Al-Oraifan.

From 25th to 29th of November 2024, the Resident Course 26000 “Tactical Combat Casualty Care / Combat Lifesaver in Maritime Operations” was successfully conducted at the Centre’s premises.

On Friday, November 22nd, 2024, thirteen (13) members of the NATO Political Committee (PC), led by Mr. Gabriele Cascone, the Head of the Counter-Terrorism Section at the NATO Emerging OPS Division, visited the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC).

From 26th to 28th of November 2024, the students of the 9th International Senior Course of the Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC), led by Rear Admiral Theoharis Hatzopoulos, HNDC Deputy Commandant, attended a series of lectures and presentations delivered by NMIOTC Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), during their educational week trip.