When HMBS Flamingo slipped HMBS Coral Harbour on May 8, 1980, the crew of 19 Officers and Marines had just begun what was intended to be a routine patrol. While many others were preparing to pay tribute to mothers everywhere, this ship’s company was about to experience what it truly meant to lay down one’s […]
Coral Harbour Base, 01 MAY ‘18 (RBDF): Quick thinking marines attached to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Harbour Patrol Unit prevented much damage assisted in securing one of three breakway freighters on Tuesday afternoon near Potter;s Cay Dock. After receiving information at 1:00 p.m. of a breakaway Haitian freighter, Patrol Craft P—115 was dispatched to […]
US Chargé d’Affaires pays Courtesy Call on CDF Ms. Stephanie Bowers, US Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Nassau paid a courtesy call on Commander Defence Force, Commodore Tellis Bethel, on Thursday past. A career Foreign Exchange Officer, Ms. Bowers has held numerous postings in public service throughout the Western Hemisphere. Her career has included […]
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force expressed its gratitude to two serving United States Marine Corps members from the US Marine Forces Northern Command (MARFORNORTH) during a brief ceremony on Friday past. Captain (Cpt.) Ryan Kirby and Staff Sergeant (Ssgt.) Nikolas Martin were deployed with the Defence Force for 3 months as international training observers. While at Coral […]
Commodore Tellis Bethel, Commander Defence Force, commended fifteen Royal Bahamas Defence Force Rangers Instructors, who successfully completed a one-week Train-the-Trainer program in “EduKarting” at the Defence Force Base last Friday. Mr. David McLaughlin, President of The Bahamas Motor Sports Association led the instructional program. Edukarting training ciricullum is designed to promote team work, self-confidence, public […]
A cross section of Officers and Marines from The Royal Bahamas Defence Force paused from their stressful duties to exert some energy and experience a bit of competitive bonding with their fellow servicemen and servicewomen this weekend in a friendly game of slow pitch softball. Organized by the Training Department, namely Chief Petty Officer James […]
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