NAVSCIATTS traces its history to the U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Training Team (MTT) sent to the Panama Canal Zone as a result of agreements made during the 1961Alliance for Progress Conference in San José, Costa Rica.

The anticipated closure of U.S. military facilities in the Panama Canal Zone resulted in the relocation of NAVSCIATTS to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi where the riverine and coastal areas provided an ideal training area.

[1][2] The school presently offers the below formal courses of instruction in both Spanish and English at various times throughout the year.

The school currently offers several courses specializing in small craft strategy, operations, communications, weapons, and maintenance.

NAVSCIATT has trained nearly 1,000 foreign partner nation forces and other international students.