NATO – ICI Flagship Project MIO Tactical Tailored Training

From 28 September to 9 October 2026  the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre provided (under the auspices of NATO HQ IS/PASP) a two-week MIO Tactical Tailored Training to participants/members of the Bahrain and Qatar Armed Forces, as well as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat, in support of the NATO – ICI Flagship Project.

This NATO – tailored training was designed to strengthen participants’ operational and tactical knowledge and competencies. It included theoretical and practical training in Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS), in planning and executing operations in Coastal Critical Sites (CCS), in NATO practices and procedures regarding the tactical dimensions of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in MIO, in understanding and assessing security threats to offshore oil and gas assets, as well as in the effective planning of MIO.

On the occasion of the training, Mr Giovanni Romani, NATO HQ IS/PASP/Southern Neighbourhood Section (SNS) Head, addressed the participants and payed an office call to NMIOTC Commandant, to discuss future opportunities for NMIOTC engagement to the NATO – ICI Flagship Project.