(PICTURES) Visit Board Search & Seizure (VBSS) Course by Sri Lanka Navy
(PICTURES) Visit Board Search & Seizure (VBSS) Course by Sri Lanka Navy
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Colombo (News 1st); The Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) Visit Board Search & Seizure (VBSS) Course conducted by Sri Lanka Navy’s Special Boat Squadron (SBS) under the supervision of Global Maritime Crime Programme of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) successfully concluded in Trincomalee on 19
th February 2021.
The objective of the course was to impart trainees a comprehensive knowledge on VBSS Operations, Boarding Team Procedure and Maritime Law Enforcement Operations (MLEO) especially in possible IED environments.
40 CRETE, Greece – Naval special operations forces from the Greek Underwater Demolition Team (DYK), Cypriot Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC) joined forces to conduct a maritime exercise in Souda Bay, Greece, January 11-29.
The tri-lateral Special Operations Forces (SOF) exercise, which was designed to better enable global operations, included Over the Beach (OTB), Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS), and Small Boat Interdiction (SBI).
“These exercises help keep us sharp, prepared, and consistent. We are able to communicate and integrate fluidly when we train together on a regular basis,” said the U.S. Naval SWCC team leader.
Illegal Taiwanese fishing ship comes under Indonesian Navy s net 24th January 2021
Indonesian Navy warship KRI Usman Harun caught Taiwanese-flagged fishing ship for alleged illegal fishing in the North Natua Sea on Friday. (ANTARA/HO-Doc. Indonesian Navy)
During a routine patrol, the Indonesian warship KRI Usman Harun-359, on Friday, found a Taiwanese-flagged fishing ship conducting an illegal activity (in the waters). The foreign fishing ship is currently being escorted to the Ranai Naval Base for fu Batam, Riau Islands (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy caught a Taiwanese-flagged fishing ship for allegedly conducting illegal fishing in the North Natuna Sea on Friday.