The training activity of the Carabinieri of the Special Intervention Group (GIS) in the Djiboutian territory has reached the final stage. The training, included in the mission program Miadit Somalia 12, commanded by Colonel Mario Ligi, involved the Special Forces of both the Gibutian Police (RAID) and the Gibutian Gendarmerie (GIGN) and is aimed at training and implementing operational capabilities in favor of the two SWAT counter-terrorism units.
The course focused on the use of special weapons and tactics, with particular reference to the “High Risk Arrest” and “Hostage Rescue” techniques, as well as on the whole spectrum of high profile special operations.
Attendees, already in possession of a qualified professional background in the sector, have refined the techniques, tactics and procedures (TTP) for the use of the Unit in all hypotheses of intervention by the Special Forces and especially in the field of 'anti Terrorism.
During the training activity, joint training was carried out between the two Gibutian units aimed at improving and increasing the coordination capacity in high-risk crisis situations.
The joint training was carried out last November at a well-known hotel in the city, where the presence of a terrorist group with the consequent taking of hostages was simulated. The two units intervened in a synergistic and organized way, creating a Tactical Command Post where the respective Commanders made the information flows converge and elaborated, and then implemented, an attack plan for the terrorist group. The exercise has proved to be able to achieve, working together, effectively and quickly to resolve the crisis, in particular situations characterized by major objectives, where a substantial number of SWAT operators is required so as not to allow the two units to be able to operate individually.
This is a result that contributes to the growth of the level of security in the Djibouti territory and constitutes an example of the use of the Italian coordination model which has its presuppositions in Law 121/81 which makes the security system adequate for current times while preserving traditions and peculiar characteristics of individual police forces.
