Visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) [1] is the term used by United States military and law enforcement agencies for maritime boarding actions and tactics. VBSS teams are designed to capture enemy vessels, combat terrorism, piracy, and smuggling, and to conduct customs, safety and other inspections.

2024年5月23日 · VBSS stands for Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure. It refers to the act of approaching and boarding a maritime vessel for the purpose of searching it, and then possibly seizing contraband, or prosecuting some other specified target on the vessel in question.

2024年1月20日 · VBSS, short for Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure, is an important part of the Navy's operations against security threats. Simply put, VBSS is the process of searching and boarding ships, vehicles or planes suspected of carrying unlawful items and persons.

2023年5月19日 · Visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operations are a core competency of Naval Special Warfare (NSW) providing special operations maritime interdiction and sanction enforcement capabilities. VBSS is a significant component of …

2024年6月19日 · VBSS stands for visit, board, search, and seizure. In other words, VBSS is a term of the U.S. military and law enforcement agencies to describe maritime boarding actions and tactics. As a result, these teams have assignments capturing enemy vessels as well as conducting customs and safety inspections.

2024年1月16日 · The high-risk tactic, known as Visit, Board, Search and Seizure, or VBSS, puts SEALS in a uniquely dangerous, exhausting and miserable spot, the veteran SEAL told Task & Purpose.

The U.S. Navy’s visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) teams do not get adequate time for training needed to effectively accomplish their high-risk mission. The Navy should create designated VBSS teams and attach the units to deploying ships as needed.

ABSTRACT ands of Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIOs) every year around the globe. Navy Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) teams regularly boa suspect ships and perform search operations, often in hostile environments. There is a need for a small tactical robot that can be deployed ahead of the team to provide enhance

Ships have been conducting VBSS during operations up to level III (non-compliant boardings) since about 2004. These ship’s forces teams consist of 18–21 enlisted and officer members from a wide array of ratings and skill-sets.

2024年7月18日 · PACIFIC OCEAN — The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) participated in a multinational visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill while underway July 15 during...