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Course Information

Description: The NATO SOMTG Course is designed to prepare maritime SOF personnel, commanders, and select staff to conduct the full range of special operations as a functioning SOMTG within designated NATO maritime, littoral, and riverine environments. The course provides an overview of the function and use of an SOMTG and will provide students with the knowledge and tools needed to plan, employ, and integrate maritime special operations during peacetime, crises, and conflict within a NATO joint/combined C2 structure. The NATO SOMTG Course will coincide with the NATO SOMTU Course, creating touch points, interactions for CONOPS development, and briefings and approvals between the task group and unit leadership.  

Duration: Residential: 5 days.

Course Aim

Train NATO/partner SOF maritime personnel within an SOMTG for key leadership functions, responsibilities, and tasks associated with their respective positions.

Objectives

At the end of the course, the student will be able to demonstrate the ability to examine how maritime SOF conduct operations, how leadership supports NATO special operations activities and how SOMTGs are employed within NATO operations and NATO coordinated campaigns. 

Target Audience
  • NATO maritime SOF command team members assigned, or about to be assigned, to maritime task group positions within an SOMTG (SOF maritime OF-3 to OF-4 and /or OR-8 to OR-9)
  • Conventional naval personnel working in an operations capacity or higher with job requirements necessitating familiarization with NATO maritime SOF 
Requirements
  • The following two courses have to be completed on Blackboard:
  • ADL 101- Introduction to NATO Special Operations 
  • ADL 102- Fundamentals of NATO SOCC Operations
  • Recommended Language Profile: 3332 rating in English language skills