Mexico, the US and Canada conclude the Namsi 2021 naval exercise

North American Maritime Protection Initiative

Namsi exercise. Photo: Semar

Mexico, the United States and Canada concluded the naval exercise North American Maritime Protection Initiative (Namsi, For the acronym in English) in which representatives of the Armed Forces of the three countries participated.

The main objective of the event, which was held at the Second Naval Region, Located in Ensenada, Baja California in northern Mexico, is the exchange of operational communications and coordination actions between the Naval Forces of North America, to ensure the maintenance of the rule of law at sea.

simulation

This year, due to the health emergency by the Covid19, the trilateral forum was conducted as a cabinet and simulator exercise without the participation of real forces. The exercise simulated the location and interception of a boat linked to drug trafficking, with a report of theft, sailing near Ensenada, Baja California.

the Mexican army participated with 30 items that they exchanged with their peers from the Northern United States Command (Northcom), The United States Coast Guard (USCG) And the Joint Operations Command of Canada (CJOC).

Since 2017, three real exercises have been carried out Namsi, The same were carried out in the First Naval Zone located in Tampico, Tamaulipas, in 2017; a la Sixth Naval Region based in Manzanillo, Colima, in 2018; and the last one held last year at the Fourteenth Naval Zone located in Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas, with the participation of operational units from the three countries.

In agreement with the Mexican Navy the execution of these training exercises measures, evaluates and contrasts the Pprocedimientos of operation, as well as the practicality in his handling on the part of the operative units and operators of the Centers and Rooms of Command and Control; this to strengthen the capacity for coordination between the Command and Control Centers of the USCG and the Mexican Navy.

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