Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) teams from Africa and Europe finished a week's worth of Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) training June 8 by conducting compliant boardings on USS Simpson ...

A team from the Indonesian Navy's (TNI-AL's) elite Frogmen Command (Kopaska) conducted a visit, board, search, and seizure training as part of preparations for the 29th Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) ...

The Visit Board Search & Seizure (VBSS) Regional Training Course held under the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – Global Maritime Crime Programme (UNODC–GMCP), with the aim of combating ...

U.S. Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct fast rope training aboard USNS 1st LT Jack Lummus (T-AK 3011) as part of Visit Board Search and Seize training ...

Guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) completed the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) portion of its maritime interdiction operation (MIO) training requirement, Aug. 13. The ...

A Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) course for the boarding teams of Indonesian, Malaysian and Philippine Coast Guard, Police and Customs concluded at the Navy Special Boat Squadron (SBS) ...

USS Gettysburg (CG 64) Sailors participated in visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) team training as part of Exercise Joint Warrior off the coast of Scotland, Oct. 2.?? As part of the training, a ...

Batam (Indonesia), 2 December 2022 – Migrant smuggling is a global organized crime that endangers the lives, safety and security of migrants. It remains a complex challenge in Southeast Asia, as many ...

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US special-operations and law-enforcement units have specialized training to board ships at sea. Those skills aren't exclusive to Navy SEALs, and as broader strategic competition grows, especially in ...