British Royal Navy Officer Pays a Visit to Commander Defence Force (Acting) Royal Navy Commanding Officer of Her Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Mersey, Lieutenant Commander Richard Hewitt, paid a courtesy call on Commander Defence Force (Acting) Captain Tellis Bethel at Royal Bahamas Defence Force Headquarters in Coral Harbour, New Providence on 6 June 2016. During the […]
Competition was as fierce as had been anticipated. Bragging rights and titles were on the line for a fast few. For others, The Royal Bahamas Defence Force Annual Fun, Run, Walk and Health Fair, held on April 2, 2016 was simply a great outing not only to socialize with Officers, Warrant Officers, Marines, family members […]
If you were asked to list your absolute favorite heroes of all-time, where would the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Marine fall? Would he even make your list? When we think of a hero, we often think of someone who in an act of courage steps up to the plate and saves the day when an […]
From right, Acting Commander Defence Force, Captain Tellis A. Bethel awards Oniel Williams (Overall Winner of Male Run Event) who recently return from training in Kenya. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force held its Annual Fun, Run and Walk event at Goodman’s Bay, Cable Beach at 6:00 a.m. today. The event is held every year to encourage […]
Members of Entry 41 woman entry 13 celebrates 10 years of dedicated service to country today. The entrants celebrated their service throughout the month of February with a series of events starting with a church service which after which, the group visited the grave of a fallen entry member, the late Marine Seaman Bronson Turnquest. As part of the […]
US Army Colonel James F. Mueller from the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) paid a courtesy call on Commander Defence Force, Commodore Roderick Bowe. The Colonel’s team, consisting of joint US and Canadian military and civilian personnel, were on-board the Defence Force’s Coral Harbour Base to engage in a Subject Matter Experts Exchange (SMEE) program focusing on […]
It was a matter of mutual interest as well as Admiral William Gortney’s first time visiting Coral Harbour Base. A native of Peterson Colorado, Admiral Gortney is the Commanding Flag Officer of US Northern Command. He was given a grand tour of the Coral Harbour base by Deputy Commander Defence Force, Captain Tellis A. Bethell. He […]
Screams echoed across Nassau Harbour. This was very unusual. It was these screams that caught the attention of two marines of the Force’s Harbour Patrol Unit that caused them to instinctively spring into action. Marine Seaman Antionne Cash and Selvin Richards Jr. had recently slipped harbor at the Force’s Harbour Patrol at 1600 hours to […]
Members of New Entry 52 have enlisted in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. This all male entry comprising of 112 young men between the ages of 18 – 25 is the largest to enlist in Defence Force to date. Instructors of the Force’s Training Department were out in full force along with many proud parents, uncles, […]
It got everybody’s attention while bringing to a hault, a $232,000,000 development. You won’t believe what did it. The dredging crew saw it earlier in the morning. This is when the operation came to an abrupt pause. The trouble after that was finding where it went. The fingers are an extension of the jetty used to […]
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