Course Catalogue

The aim of this course is to train Boarding Team personnel in safely and efficiently apply NATO doctrines and procedures in MIO.
Resident Course 2000 is designed to be taken in tandem with Resident Course 3000 (Boarding Team Practical Issues) for a combined duration of 10 days.

The aim of this course is to train Boarding Team (BT) personnel in safely and efficiently applying NATO doctrines and procedures in MIO.
Resident Course 2000 (Boarding Team Theoretical Issues) is a prerequisite for this course. Courses 2000 and 3000 are designed to be taken together for a combined duration of 10 days.

The aim of this course is to evaluate the ability of a Boarding Team to plan and conduct Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) in accordance with NATO doctrine and procedures.

The aim of the course is to familiarize students in Maritime Operations Terminology and explain operational procedures in order to prepare them to take part in NATO-led Maritime Operations and Exercises. MOTC will also enhance the individual participant’s ability to understand how these operations and exercises are planned and executed in the real world environment. Graduates will return home with the knowledge necessary to integrate easily into NATO maritime operations and Exercises

The aim of this course is to train and educate trainees in NATO practices and procedures regarding operational and tactical dimensions of WMD in Maritime Interdiction Operations.

Taking into account the fact that piracy has become an important current day phenomenon, NMIOTC perceived the need to fulfill specific operational and training requirements and thus implemented this type of training, which is applicable for units, teams and individuals who engage in the fight against piracy. It includes predeployment training and training in the framework of Regional Capacity Building, as well as enhancing the overall predeployment training level.

This Course aims to fulfill an operational requirement and most importantly provides a holistic and comprehensive approach to understanding a much changed security landscape by covering the operational and tactical issues related to Asymmetric Threats in the maritime environment (when alongside, at anchor or operating in confined waters).

The particular course covers extensively the need for training on the suggested subjects and aims to provide quality, sustainable, and effective training for officers who are engaged in policy, development, law enforcement, intelligence and interdiction operations aimed at countering illicit trafficking and other crimes at sea.

Given the unique nature of Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) and the fact that naval and other forces are facing an increasing threat from individuals and groups employing asymmetric tactics to overcome superior military capability; countering this kind of threat in the maritime environment is as important as maintaining operational initiatives on land. Within the Countering Improvised Explosive Devices (CIED) in the Maritime Environment (CME) program of work, NATO has identified a need for boarding teams and operating forces to be trained so as to enhance personnel and units’ readiness prior to deployment in MIO.

The world is facing an escalating migration crisis, with unprecedented waves of people (almost a million in 2016) fleeing to Europe. These waves consist of both refugees forced to flee to save their lives or preserve their freedom, as well as economic migrants, moving in order to improve their lives. Since people composing these mixed flows are unable to enter a particular state legally, they often employ the services of human smugglers and embark on very unseaworthy vessels and in dangerous seas. Naval forces play an expanding role in countering this phenomenon alongside law enforcement agencies. As a result, NMIOTC has recognized that there is a need to train naval personnel in order to acquire the necessary knowledge to manage migrant and refugee related incidents at sea.

Countering the threat from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) is a subject and goal that has been examined and strenuously pursued by nations either afflicted directly by the threat at home or through participating in expeditionary operations where the IED was/is a prevalent menace.

Due to the occurrence of Migration Related Incidents at Sea and the obligation for seafarers for saving life at sea, naval forces might be tasked to provide assistance in the abovementioned situation. As a result, there is a need to train naval personnel in order to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to handle migrants and refugees related incidents at sea.

NMIOTC has developed this course in order to cover the recognized need for familiarizing personnel/staff officers, who serve in Joint HQs and have minimal to no naval background, with the main aspects of the Maritime domain.

NMIOTC, in close cooperation with Hellenic Navy “PALASKAS” Training Centre, has prepared the “Train-the-Trainers” Technical Instructor Course aiming to provide participants with the overall general familiarity with transmitting and certifying pedagogical knowledge and enhance their presentation and speaking skills, key to getting the message across.

Based on lessons learned in operations the NMIOTC has identified a constant and growing need for training in Biometrics collection and Tactical Forensic Site Exploitation. This Course targets to fulfill the aforementioned need for enhancing training of operational officers and units in Biometrics and Forensics.

This course provides a comprehensive knowledge to facilitate the understanding of the maritime cyber aspects, designed for operational planners and staff officers from tactical, operational level, without sufficient cyber operational background.

This course provides essential knowledge and training to Special Operation Forces, SOF-like forces and SOF enablers plan and execute operation in Coastal Critical Sites. The course is designed for the Special Operation Forces, SOF-like forces and SOF enablers from the tactical level.

The course aims to provide Special Operations Forces (SOF), conventional medical or non medical personnel (i.e. boarding team) involved in support of Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) with basic knowledge and skills in delivering medical assistance during maritime operations and in the adequate MEDEVAC / CASEVAC procedures to be followed in order, for the patients / injured personnel, to be transported to the Boarding Parties’ mothership or the nearest medical facility.

The aim of the course is to educate and train NATO Nations and Interoperability Platform Partner Nations WIT personnel in NATO Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) to conduct Level 1 – Field Exploitation tasks on board vessels and other maritime

The aim of the course is to provide comprehensive knowledge to facilitate understanding of the procedures for building up interoperable capabilities between NATO Allies. It specifically focuses on the identification and application of the necessary capabilities’ standardization requirements defined during

The course provides comprehensive knowledge to facilitate understanding of the procedures for development, production and maintenance of NATO standardization documents, including doctrines.
It specifically focuses on the basic principles for drafting operational and materiel standards and covers multiple practical examples with thorough contextual explanation.

NMIOTC has developed the course with ETF code “26000” by taking into consideration both feedback and lessons learned from missions and evaluations of Final Tactical Exercises (FTXs) conducted at the Centre’s premises. NMIOTC has identified a performance gap with regard to on-site treatment of casualties, particularly during maritime operations.

The aim of the Course is to educate and train Sniper teams and individuals in NATO practices and procedures regarding operational and tactical dimensions of engaging targets and delivering fire from land, from helicopter and from a naval vessel to stable and moving targets at sea.

The course is aimed to provide participants with specialized training for radiological emergency preparedness and response operations in maritime environment.

The aim of the course is to educate and train students in NATO practices and procedures regarding tactical dimensions of WMD in Maritime Interdiction Operations.

The aim of the course is to develop NATO analysts who can leverage Identity Intelligence to enhance analysis and production to inform command decisions in NATO Joint Operations Areas (JOAs). This include the key skills of identity identification (discovering new

The aim of this course is to provide NATO and national military personnel with extensive knowledge and skills to effectively conduct HP duties and functions to improve NATO´s HP performance by exploiting the full potential of HP capabilities. To educate

The aim of this course is to train security and MIO planners properly in order to be able to understand and assess security threats to offshore oil and gas assets and to support the effective planning of MIO, considering operational,

The aim of the training is to teach procedures for investigating maritime terrorism incidents. The training will include Diving Operations and the detonation of underwater improvised devices.