Maritime Civil Affairs Team (MCAT) 205, operating along the coast of Kenya and assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), is developing capacity and security building partnerships with the Kenyans to enable solutions for ongoing regional concerns.
A Security Force Assistance Mobile Training Team (SFA MTT) from the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) command held a physical security training course at the Douala navy base July 19-23.
A Security Force Assistance (SFA) detachment from the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training command conducted a cooperative training engagement with the Cameroon navy July 12-23 at Douala Navy Base.
A Security Force Assistance (SFA) Mobile Training Team (MTT) detachmented from the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) command concluded two weeks of teaching small boat operations from the Fuerza Especial Naval (FEN) of the Guatemalan Navy on Aug. 26.
A Security Force Assistance (SFA) Mobile Training Team (MTT) detachment from the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) command taught a basic engine and generator engine maintenance course to 23 Costa Rican coast guard sailors Aug. 16 to Sept. 3.
A Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST) team of Military Working Dog (MWD) handlers taught mixed groups of Uruguayan military and emergency services personnel various combinations of basic dog obedience, scent detection, aggression training and patrol techniques in November.
Uruguayan military and emergency services personnel completed three weeks of explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) training hosted by Maritime Civilian Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST) Navy master EOD technicians Nov. 23.
Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) Command deployed mobile training teams (MTTs) to Cambodia throughout 2010 to provide leadership training and assist in the implementation of a training management system for the Royal Cambodian Navy's (RCN) first class of new recruits.
A Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) Command Sailor was awarded the Bronze Star Medal during a ceremony on board Naval Air Station Oceana, Dam Neck Annex, Va., March 11.
Sailors assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) command conducted a Civil-Military Operations Center (CMOC) familiarization exercise aboard Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach, Va., May 31 through June 2.
A Security Force Assistance(SFA) Mobile Training Team (MTT) detachment from Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCASTC) concluded a five-day training mission with Ghana sailors Aug. 12.