April 25th and 26th several our coast guard partners held a joint exercise in the Belgian part of the North Sea. The so - called pré-guardex exercise must prepare our coast guard partners for a large-scale Guardex exercise that will take place in October of this year. The Guardex exercise is scheduled alongside the summit meeting of the North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum and next to the Belgian coast guard partners, other international assets will also participate.
The first day of the exercise, April 25th, was dedicated to safety at sea. Different aspects were trained: Search and Rescue operations, anti-pollution techniques, deploying medical teams at sea and bringing victims ashore. The focus of the second day, April 26th, was on security at sea, with the simulation of a terrorist attack.