Mexico, the US and Canada are closing the Namsi 2021 exercise at sea

North American Maritime Protection Initiative

Ejercicio Namsi. Photo: Semar

Mexico, the United States and Canada concluded the exercise at sea North American Maritime Safety Initiative Namsi, for the abbreviation in English) in which representatives of the navies of the three countries participated.

The main purpose of the event, which was organized by the Second naval arealocated in Ensenada, Baja California in northern Mexico, is the exchange of operational communications and coordination of actions among the naval forces of North America to ensure the enforcement of the rule of law at sea.

Simulation

This year, because of the health emergency by the COVID-19, the trilateral forum was held as a cabinet and simulator exercise without the participation of real forces. The exercise simulated the location and interception of a boat associated with drug trafficking with a report of theft sailing near Ensenada, Baja California.

The Mexican Navy participated with 30 elements that they exchanged with their peers of the United States Northern Command Northcom), the United States Coast Guard USCG) and the Canadian Joint Operations Command CJOC

Since 2017, three real exercises have been done Namsi, they were performed in the First naval zone based in Tampico, Tamaulipas, in 2017; on the Sixth Naval Region based in Manzanillo, Colima, in 2018; and the last held last year in the Fourteenth Sea Zone based in Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas, with the participation of operational units from the three countries.

According to the Mexican Navy, the performance of these training exercises measures, evaluates and contrasts the operation procedures, as well as their usefulness by the operational units and operators of the command and control centers and rooms; this because of the ability to coordinate between Command and control centers of the USCG and the Mexican Navy.

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