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𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑵𝑹𝑷 𝑺𝑨𝑮𝑹𝑬𝑺 - 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒈𝒂𝒍 🇹🇩 🤝🇵🇹

Student Treanță Cătălin-Andrei from the Romanian Naval Academy is participating between 22 April - 24 August 2026 in an international training deployment organized by the Portuguese Naval Forces, alongside 37 Portuguese naval cadets. 🇵🇹

The itinerary of the deployment includes the following ports: Lisbon (Portugal) – Setúbal (Portugal) – Funchal (Portugal) – New York (USA) – Hamilton (USA) – Baltimore (USA) – New York (USA) 📍 – Boston (USA) – Bedford (USA) – Angra/Praia da Vitória (Portugal) – Ponta Delgada (Portugal) – Lisbon (Portugal). 🌍⚓

While his colleagues from the Romanian Naval Academy are carrying out their annual sea training onboard TS Mircea, student Treanță Cătălin-Andrei is experiencing this important stage of professional development in an international environment, alongside his new Portuguese colleagues and a crew of 143 personnel.

As the only international student participating in the deployment, he has become part of a unique multinational experience focused on cooperation, adaptability, and operational training at sea. After departing from Lisbon on 30 April, the ship is currently arrived in New York on 27 May, marking the first major stage of a complex and demanding training deployment.

During the voyage, the cadets have taken part in numerous practical training activities, including live-fire exercises with the 12.7 mm Browning machine gun, emergency steering control simulations, “man overboard” recovery procedures, and onboard firefighting drills. In addition, students attended presentations and professional briefings delivered by the ship’s departments, covering areas such as navigation, communications, logistics, artillery, electronics, mechanics, and medical support.

𝐵𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡. 𝑂𝑛 20 𝑀𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝’𝑠 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑘, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑘.

This mobility represents an important professional and intercultural experience, offering valuable opportunities for personal development, multinational cooperation, and practical naval training in an international environment.

𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠! ⚓

𝐁𝐈𝐏 - 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐂 - 𝐑𝐍𝐀

Between 18-22 May 2026, the Romanian Naval Academy "Mircea cel "Mircea cel Bătrân" hosted the 𝑩𝑰𝑷 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒆 “𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑪”, bringing together 26 students, including international participants from Greece 🇬🇷, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Poland 🇵🇱, and Croatia 🇭🇷.

The program provided an interactive and dynamic training environment focused on developing leadership abilities, resilience, teamwork, and adaptability in demanding operational contexts. Through a combination of theoretical sessions and practical activities, participants strengthened both their physical and mental preparedness for military challenges.

The practical activities, organized in the 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒃𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒂, included physical preparation exercises such as swimming and long-distance running, efficient body warm-up methods, and survival techniques designed to improve endurance, discipline, and self-confidence. Participants also engaged in simulated shooting exercises using different types of weapons, as well as grenade-throwing simulations, with a strong emphasis on stress management, self-control under pressure, and decision-making in complex situations.

An important aspect of the module was the exchange of experience between students from different military and cultural backgrounds, encouraging cooperation, communication, and multinational teamwork. 🌍

👏 Appreciation goes to all students, instructors, and organizers whose involvement contributed to the success of this international training experience.

⚓ A valuable step in shaping future military leaders prepared to face the challenges of modern security environments.

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𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 “𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒂 𝒄𝒆𝒍 𝑩𝒂̆𝒕𝒓𝒂̂𝒏” 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 “𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈” - 𝑩𝑰𝑷 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒆, 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒓𝒎𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚. 🇬🇷

The program included both an online component, focused on military leadership and team management in the land operational environment, and a residential phase held in Greece at Hellenic Army Academy, where the students took part in the "𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒" alongside professors and participants from Spain 🇪🇸 Bulgaria 🇭🇺 the United States 🇺🇸 Poland🇮🇩 and Romania 🇷🇴.

During the practical activities, the students applied their theoretical knowledge in offensive and defensive tactical exercises conducted using maps of the Athens area, while also developing skills related to land operations and military map analysis.

The experience represented a valuable opportunity for professional development, highlighting the importance for future officers to continuously learn, adapt, and broaden their knowledge, regardless of their field of expertise.

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𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 #𝐀𝐍𝐌𝐁, 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐬+ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝟏𝟏–𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟓.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 "𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐯" 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚, 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 🇧🇬

During the mobility, sd.sg. Voicu Mihai, sd.sg. Bîtlan Ionuț, sd.sg. Ivănescu Maria and sd.sg. maj. Manolescu David participated in the "𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏" course, held together with students from several European countries 🇪🇺, in an international environment that favored cooperation, exchange of experience and the development of professional skills in the field of maritime navigation.

The academic activities included both theoretical courses and practical sessions in the academy's navigation simulators. During the practical exercises, the participants performed "man overboard" simulations and maneuvers in different three-ship formations, activities aimed at developing the capacity for coordination, communication and decision-making in situations specific to the naval environment.

“𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐸𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑚𝑢𝑠+ 𝑚𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑒𝑥𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑝𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑.” - sd.sg. Voicu Mihai👏

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𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 (𝑪𝑺𝑫𝑷) - 𝑰𝑻-𝑨𝒓𝒎𝒚 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏 🇮🇹📍

The students of the Romanian Naval Academy "Mircea cel Bătrân", Lungu Mircea Gabriel and Romanescu Andrei Gabriel, participated between 04.05.2026 and 08.05.2026 in the Erasmus+ - BIP (Blended Intensive Programme), organized within the "𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 (𝑪𝑺𝑫𝑷)" module, held at the IT-Army Officers School and the University of Turin (SUISS), in Turin, Italy.

The program brought together students and delegates from Italy, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Croatia and the United States of America, being coordinated by experts in the field, such as 𝑳𝒕. 𝑪𝒐𝒍. 𝑬𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐, 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆, 𝑪𝒐𝒍. 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒅 𝑮𝒆𝒍𝒍, as well as representatives of the Polish Naval Academy, Ludovika University of Public Service, Bulgarian Air Force Academy and Military University of Land Forces.

The module aimed to deepen the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) of the European Union, through topics such as the history of European integration, EU military structures, European missions and capabilities, European Security Strategy, the internationalization of officer training, Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), terrorism prevention, as well as the future prospects of the CSDP. 🌎

“𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑆𝐷𝑃 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛’𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.” - Sd.sg. Lungu Mircea Gabriel👏

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The CyberSEA workshop in Constanța, hosted on May 15th within the framework of Sea-Conf 2026, presented the outputs of the CyberSEA project to maritime professionals, researchers, educators, cybersecurity experts, and industry stakeholders.

The event featured presentations and open discussions on modern approaches to cybersecurity training for maritime personnel, including digital learning, remote laboratories, real-life cyber incident analysis, cybersecurity protocols, and other innovative educational resources.

The workshop provided an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas, strengthen collaboration, and highlight the growing importance of cybersecurity awareness and preparedness in the maritime sector.