The 21th "Opposed" module conducted for the riflemen of the 2023nd regiment concluded on Thursday 9 December 2 at the Castello Svevo in Brindisi Saint Mark.
The Navy riflemen, after intense training, have specialized in boarding and securing of seized ships, better known as VBSS (Vessel Boarding Seize & Secure)
Only those who successfully pass this module are inserted into the marine brigade's anti-piracy devices Saint Mark.
During this process, the staff carried out various activities relating to the control of merchant traffic and participated in the last edition of the Offshore.
Thanks to Nave's support Montecuccoli, the attendees had the opportunity to train in scenarios of increasing difficulty.
An officer, qualified commander, of the assault force (assault force commander - AFC), eight operators specialized in countering piracy (Opposed) and six operators specialized in containing the pirate threat (Obstructed) are ready to operate on board Navy units to defend the interests of the Nation in activities aimed at supporting operations of maritime interdiction (maritime interdiction operation - MY).
