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On Thursday 21st of February 2019, Mr Chris Socha, The Staff Director of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited NMIOTC. Mr. Socha was escorted by Ms Hannah Thoburn, member of the Committee, Charles Sellers, member of the USA Embassy in Athens, Captain Tim Ketten, the Defense Attaché of the USA in Greece and Captain Ryan Tewell, Commanding Officer of NSA Souda Bay. During their visit, they were informed about the mission, roles and training capabilities of NMIOTC and had a brief tour around the Centre’s facilities.

From 11th to 15th of February 2019, the NMIOTC Course “6000”, Weapons of Mass Destruction in Maritime Interdiction Operations (WMD in MIO), was conducted at NMIOTC premises.In total nineteen (19) trainees coming from six (6) countries (Denmark, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, Pakistan and United Arab Emirates) attended the course. Three (3) Subject Matter Experts from Czech Republic and Greece were invited to support the course as augmenters, in addition to the Centre’s Instructors and Lecturers.

The “Train-the-Trainers Technical Instructors” Course was conducted at NMIOTC premises from 14th to 25th January 2019, in cooperation with the Hellenic Navy Training Centre “PALASKAS’’. The Course aim was to provide a comprehensive training package to the trainees in the field of acquiring the overall general familiarity by transmitting and certifying pedagogical knowledge and enhancing their presentation and speaking skills. Course 17000 is considered of a great value in the light of maintaining / improving quality of deliverable training thus raising the level of educational standards. NMIOTC in absolute coherence with SACT Quality Assurance Unconditional Accreditation award follows an Academic

NMIOTC organized and conducted the Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) Lessons Learned (LL) Lessons Identified (LI) and Best Practices (BP) Process Workshop in the eve of Operation Sea Guardian Focused Operations in-brief at its premises on Thursday the 7th of Feb 2019. The aim of the workshop was to analyze VBSS and MIO operations which were executed recently form a Hellenic Coast Guard SOF team to a vessel involved in illicit trafficking as well as various MIO ops executed from Hellenic Navy assets and SOF/UDT teams in an effort to support NATO’s LL and BP process. The LL & BP Workshop

On Tuesday February 5th, 2019 the Annual Information Meeting (AIM) and the NMIOTC Advisory Board (NAB) meeting took place in the Center’s premises chaired by the NMIOTC Commandant. The AIM is a meeting that SNs are informed on all issues concerning NMIOTC activities for 2018 and NAB is a body responsible for providing advice for the year 2019 to the Commandant on all NMIOTC activities, for a more effective execution of his mission. In both meeting representatives from Sponsoring Nation’s Representatives (BGR-CZE-ITA-POL-ROU-TUR) participated.

In order to obtain proper and accurate conclusions regarding the developing Course 20000  “Protection of Critical Maritime Infrastructure (CMI)”, NMIOTC conducted trials using as training platform of the Ocean Rig Management Inc. (OCR) drilling ships from 26 Feb – 02 Mar 18, by deploying a Mobile Education and Training Team (METT) in Pireus, Greece, “Train the Trainers” training has been organized among Norway Special Operations Command (NORSOCOM) and NMIOTC from 15th to  23rd Jan 19, in NMIOTC premises, for drawing proper and accurate conclusions regarding the development of the Course and enhance NMIOTC sea trainers with the topics which are