The US Coast Guard is training the Indian Coast Guards(ICG) in various operational aspects in a training programme in Chennai. It started on May one and will end on May 12.
Officials said here on Wednesday, a Maritime Advanced Boarding Officers Course by United States Mobile
Training Team (USMTT) of US Coast Guard is on at Coast Guard Air Station Chennai for Junior Level Officers of the Indian Coast Guard. The course comprises Theory and Practical. The USMTT consists of three instructors and cover Boarding Procedures, Counter Smuggling and drug identifications, Human trafficking and radiation threat awareness. Twenty four ICG Officers drawn from all five regional Commands of Indian Coast Guard are undergoing the training.
The transitional dynamics of today’s world, coupled with existing threats, reinforces the need to ensure security on the high seas as well as coastal areas. One of the primary roles of the Coast Guard ships during operational deployments in recent years has been maritime interdiction operation, which involves the surveillance, interception and, if necessary, boarding of commercial vessels, fishing vessels including trawlers or dhows and at times yachts to ensure compliance with national regulations.