Coast Guard exercise “SIGNAL -12”
A field demonstration exercise of the Croatian Coast Guard “SIGNAL-12 – “The importance of communication in the implementation of a boarding” was conducted today, November 8 in Kaštela Bay.
In addition to the Coast Guard members, rescue ship SB-73 “Faust Vrančić” where the exercise headquarters led by the Exercise Commander Adam Golub was situated, patrol boat OB-02, rubber boats GBX2 and plane PC-9 “Pilatus”, the exercise also involved members of the Special Operations Battalion, Navy Command Operations Centre and Air Surveillance and Monitoring Battalion.
“SIGNAL-12” exercise was conducted with the aim of readiness training of the Coast Guard in collaboration with other agencies, in taking the organizational, operational and safety measures in the implementation of the tasks of monitoring and protecting the rights and interests of the Republic of Croatia at sea.
According to the scenario, the PC-9 “Pilatus” aircraft conducted reconnaissance of suspected vessel, dinghy Coast Guard boarding team performed a cooperative boarding and inspection of suspicious vessel, and members of the Special Operations Battalion stopped the speedboat with which the crew of the suspected ship tried to escape and made a forced boarding of the vessel. During the exercise, the emphasis was on the use of radio communication.
Final test in the pre-deployment training for the members of the 21st Croatian contingent for the ISAF mission on the HARRIS 117 F radio was conducted as well.