On May 07th two officers of the Marine of War from Mozambique have completed a training course on board the Luigi Rizzo ship, conducted as part of the recent cooperation plan between the two Navies and which saw them as protagonists for about a month alongside the FREMM crew.
Since the beginning of April, after having ensured patrolling along the coast of the African country to ensure maritime safety as part of the presence and surveillance activity in the Mozambique Channel, the Italian naval unit has embarked the two Mozambican officers in the city of Pemba, thus starting the extensive training and capacity building program developed by the on-board personnel and the opposed team of the marine brigade Saint Mark present on ship Rizzo.
From the very beginning, the two young Mozambican officers took part in the first phases of training at sea, actively supporting the Italian personnel in all activities and participating in operational life on board, as well as in training activities focused, in particular, on the conduct of Maritime Interdiction OperationsPractical training sessions for VBSS (Visit, Board, Search and Seizure) operations, maneuvers for the management of minor naval vessels, tactical movements in a naval port environment, use of light weapons in realistic operational scenarios, all accompanied by healthy daily gymnastic activity, are just some of the activities conducted on board during the period of stay of the ship. Rizzo in port in Maputo.
In the capital of Mozambique a quota of personnel from the Marine of War he also had the opportunity to go on board and, together with the two officers already present on the ship Rizzo, was able to test the potential of the Virtual-Regional Maritime Traffic Centre (V-MRTC), the system managed by the Italian Navy that allows for the sharing of a clear maritime situation awareness between the operational centres of the countries adhering to the Initiative.
Activities such as these represent an important step towards strengthening the collaboration between the Navy and Marine of War of Mozambique, officially sanctioned during the stopover in Maputo of Nave Luigi Rizzo with the signing of the bilateral cooperation plan aimed at promoting joint initiatives for collaboration and maritime security.
