SVK Military Police personnel undergo their third pre-deployment training for maritime operations – this time for Op EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
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- Date: 26.01.2022
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The Slovak Republic is set to deploy a Military Police Boarding Team on Op EUNAVFOR MED IRINI. 11 Military Police personnel are currently undergoing training ahead of deploying with the German Navy frigate FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the Mediterranean Sea.
The selected military policemen first undertook specialist training at Slovakia's Military Police facilities and Training Centre Lešť before embarking on an 8-week training course at the German Navy's installations in Eckernfoerde and Neustadt.
On the training programme in Germany, Director of the SVK Military Police Col Valentín Cebo said: “There was highly specialised training at facilities specially designed for survival training in the event of a helicopter crash at sea or a sinking vessel, while in full kit with weapons and under the supervision of experienced German Navy instructors. On its successful completion, the boarding team is now continuing with the team’s certification on FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the North Sea.”
The core task of the vessels operating off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea is to implement the United Nations arms embargo on Libya, to disrupt the business model of the human smugglers' and traffickers' networks, and to monitor and gather information on illicit exports of crude oil from Libya.
The SVK military policemen will be deployed on Op EUNAVFOR MED IRINI from March to June 2022. Over this period, FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's boarding teams will be involved in Visit, Board, Search and Seize (VBSS) operations under the command of the frigate's Commanding Officer, with the use of helicopter and speedboat insertion and extraction to and from the vessels.
The selected military policemen first undertook specialist training at Slovakia's Military Police facilities and Training Centre Lešť before embarking on an 8-week training course at the German Navy's installations in Eckernfoerde and Neustadt.
On the training programme in Germany, Director of the SVK Military Police Col Valentín Cebo said: “There was highly specialised training at facilities specially designed for survival training in the event of a helicopter crash at sea or a sinking vessel, while in full kit with weapons and under the supervision of experienced German Navy instructors. On its successful completion, the boarding team is now continuing with the team’s certification on FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the North Sea.”
The core task of the vessels operating off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea is to implement the United Nations arms embargo on Libya, to disrupt the business model of the human smugglers' and traffickers' networks, and to monitor and gather information on illicit exports of crude oil from Libya.
The SVK military policemen will be deployed on Op EUNAVFOR MED IRINI from March to June 2022. Over this period, FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's boarding teams will be involved in Visit, Board, Search and Seize (VBSS) operations under the command of the frigate's Commanding Officer, with the use of helicopter and speedboat insertion and extraction to and from the vessels.
