After being trained by the crew of Danish HDMS Absalon, 22 soldiers from the Somaliland Coast Guard boarded a small vessel in a safe and professional manner this week.
The boarded vessel had been hired and assigned for the task, and the successful boarding concluded two days of demanding maritime training.
The training focused on force protection, vessel search, visitation and careful evidence compiling. Throughout the two days of training the Somaliland soldiers were deliberately pushed out of their comfort zone, for instance climbing from a small RHIB to the helicopter deck of Absalon some ten metres above.
HDMS Absalon is currently in direct support to NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield in collaboration with Eucap Nestor – the European Union’s mission of maritime capacity building in the Horn of Africa and the Western Indian Ocean.
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Image: NATO