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From 22nd to 26th of October 2018 the Resident Course “12000” was conducted at NMIOTC premises. This “NATO Approved” Course fills an operational gap in capability and, most importantly, contributes to counter-threat operations conducted by Boarding Teams when searching for securing, exploiting evidence or gathering materials for analysis, which are fundamental to the counter-threat process. The aim was to educate and train international Boarding Team personnel in NATO TTPs (Tactics, Technics, Procedures) to undertake expedient weapons intelligence tasks on board vessels and other maritime infrastructure in support of C-IED operations, focusing on the Attack the Network (AtN) C-IED main line

From 7 to 11 October 2018, NMIOTC deployed a Mobile Education and Training Team (NMETT) to the NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) Regional Center in Kuwait (NIRC). NMIOTC instructors joined by Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) instructors, delivered a week-long course focusing on Maritime Security. Twenty one participants from ICI Partner and Regional Nations participated in the training. This was the first of several planned NMIOTC supported tailored trainings/courses to be held at the NATO-ICI Regional Centre, which was inaugurated in 2017 to support and enhance the cooperation between NATO and ICI partner nations Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab

On October 19th 2018, NMIOTC celebrated its tenth year anniversary. The Minister of Defence of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Panos Kammenos escorted by the Chief of Hellenic National Defense General Staff, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis GRC(N), Chief of Hellenic Navy, Vice Admiral Nikolaos Tsounis GRC(N) and Chief of Hellenic Air force, Major General, Christos Christodoulou GRC(AF), visited the Centre. Among the distinguished guests, were also the Ambassador of the USA in Greece, H.E. Mr Geoffrey Pyatt, former Chief of the HNDGS Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis, former NMIOTC Comamandants, representatives of 22 NATO HQ’s and countries, as well as local Allied/National and Military/Civilian

From 16th to 19th of October 2018, NMIOTC hosted in its premises the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) “Maritime Information Services Conference” (MISC 18). The objective of “MIS Conference” was to discuss, evolve and solve the Maritime Command and Control (C2) information and program development issues, by bringing together the Maritime C2 community (NATO and Nations), through a set of sessions. The conference was attended by 84 participants, coming from NATO HQs and 18 NATO countries (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, UK, USA and Turkey).  

From 8th to 12th of October 2018, the 3rd Drafting, Production and Maintenance of NATO Standards Course was conducted at NMIOTC premises, by Military University of Technology (MUT), in cooperation with HNDGS and NATO Standardization Office (NSO). The hosted course provided comprehensive knowledge to facilitate understanding of the procedures for development, production and maintenance of NATO standardization documents. In total, 5 lecturers (from NATO HQ, ACT, France, Greece and USA) and 26 trainees coming from 16 countries (Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Slovakia, Netherlands, Ukraine, U.K. and USA) attended the course and  among

From October 1 to 4, 2018, NMIOTC hosted the 38th annual MCJSB ALLIED JOINT OPERATIONS DOCTRINE WORKING GROUP (AJOD WG). AJOD WG is responsible for developing, managing and harmonizing all NATO joint doctrines. It also manages NATO’s doctrine architecture. The event was attended by 63 delegates from 18 NATO and partner countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Turkey, Spain, and United Kingdom) and NATO Commands. (IMS, ACO, ACT, CASPOA COE, CIMIC COE, C2COE, MILENG COE, NATO CCD COE, NATO HUMINT COE, CSW COE, STRATCOM COE, EOD COE, JCBRN