Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure
- Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure
Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) is the term for maritime boarding actions and tactics, designed to capture enemy vessels, to combat terrorism, piracy and smuggling, and to conduct customs, safety and other inspections, as employed by modern navies, marine and maritime services, military and police forces.
Training begins with NLW (Non-Lethal-Weapons) training and handling including withstanding OC (Oleoresin Capsicum) "pepper spray" and then moves on to SRF-B (Security Reaction Force-Basic) to SRF-A (Security Reaction Force-Advanced) then VBSS. Regular Sailors in the Navy are eligible depending on ship command structure.
ee also
*Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW)
*Maritime Security Operations (MSO)
External links
* [http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=25835 (USS) "Paul Hamilton" Completes Hands-on Search and Seizure Training] US Navy
* [http://www.c3f.navy.mil/RIMPAC_2006/Images_Combat_camera.html Vessel Board Search & Seizure (VBSS) Images] RIMPAC 2006
* [http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,121397,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS U.S., Canadian Navies Challenge Skills] Military.com
* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.5870 Royal Navy Boarding’s Clamp down on Illegal Activities at Sea] VBSS action to clamp down on fuel smuggling.
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