Between May 12th and June 1st, the Spanish Navy has scheduled a series of joint maritime security exercises with 25 national, regional and local departments with responsibilities in the maritime domain, in 11 different scenarios throughout the Spanish coast.
MARSEC 2015 is intended to test the collaboration capabilities of the Spanish Navy Maritime Action Force with other State Departments in tasks of maritime security; namely, planning and conduction of protection operations in area of national interest, covering a wide range of situations.
Other tasks include coordination in the fight against drug trafficking, illegal immigrations, medical control of immigrants, diving activities, shipping control, and search and rescue operations at sea.
For MARSEC 2015 the Spanish Navy is providing 10 naval units and more than 400 servicemen from the Maritime Action Force and the Marine Corps.
Participating Public Administrations include units and personnel from –among others– the Police, the Guardia Civil (Gendarmerie), Fisheries Secretariat, Customs Police, Maritime Security and SAR Centre, National Anti-terrorist Centre, etc.
The main peculiarity of this exercise is that it brings together the endeavors of many military, civilian, official and non-governmental departments and organizations entrusted with the protection of national interests.
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