YCAPS attended the shore phase of the Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) exercise in Singapore between 14th – 20th August. This year, SEACAT - a US-organized multilateral exercise designed to enhance cooperation among Indo-Pacific nations - was attended by maritime agencies and forces from twenty nations.
YCAPS members John Bradford, Annette Bradford, Charlie Brown, Scott Edwards, and Brian J. Waidelich attended across the 3 sessions of the shore-phase - Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR); Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS); and Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA).
The ISR session, led by the Institute for Security Governance’s Craig Schnappinger, delivered training on Unmanned Aircraft Systems and resulted in several concept of operations (CONOPS) tabletop exercises. The VBSS session, led by the US Coast Guard (USCG) Maritime Security Response Team’s Lieutenant Connor Nelson, focused on exchanges about the tactics, rules, and norms that need to be considered when undertaking VBSS. Insights came from the USCG, Canada’s Naval Tactical Operations Group, the UK’s 42 Commando, and [anyone else?]. The MDA workshops led by US Pacific Fleet’s Charlie Brown focused on regional trends. It included speakers from academia such as Ray Powell and Ian Chong, intergovernmental organisations such as the UNODC’s Asyura Salleh, the private sector such as MAXAR and SkyLight, and governmental actors from the UK, Maldives, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia.
YCAPS Executive Director John Broadford also presented on the final day of the MDA workshop. His presentation covered developments in the regional conceptualisations of maritime security, trends in maritime security issues, and the different ways in which stakeholders are implicated in and approaching these issue areas.
SEACAT will continue onto a sea-phase the week commencing the 21st of August that puts into action all lessons learnt.
YCAPS members John Bradford, Annette Bradford, Charlie Brown, Scott Edwards, and Brian J. Waidelich attended across the 3 sessions of the shore-phase - Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR); Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS); and Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA).
The ISR session, led by the Institute for Security Governance’s Craig Schnappinger, delivered training on Unmanned Aircraft Systems and resulted in several concept of operations (CONOPS) tabletop exercises. The VBSS session, led by the US Coast Guard (USCG) Maritime Security Response Team’s Lieutenant Connor Nelson, focused on exchanges about the tactics, rules, and norms that need to be considered when undertaking VBSS. Insights came from the USCG, Canada’s Naval Tactical Operations Group, the UK’s 42 Commando, and [anyone else?]. The MDA workshops led by US Pacific Fleet’s Charlie Brown focused on regional trends. It included speakers from academia such as Ray Powell and Ian Chong, intergovernmental organisations such as the UNODC’s Asyura Salleh, the private sector such as MAXAR and SkyLight, and governmental actors from the UK, Maldives, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia.
YCAPS Executive Director John Broadford also presented on the final day of the MDA workshop. His presentation covered developments in the regional conceptualisations of maritime security, trends in maritime security issues, and the different ways in which stakeholders are implicated in and approaching these issue areas.
SEACAT will continue onto a sea-phase the week commencing the 21st of August that puts into action all lessons learnt.