Posts by Jonathan Rolle

The RBDF Harbour Patrol Unit recovered three stolen jet skis in the northwestern vicinity of New Providence Monday afternoon.   The operations department received a call from the Police Control Room at 12:28pm that a group of individuals were spotted towing the stolen jet skis in the Delaport area. Patrol crafts from the Harbour Patrol Unit […]

Ten Commanding Officers (CO’s) of Defence Force patrol crafts were officially presented with their appointments to their Command posts on Tuesday past at HMBS Coral Harbour. During a brief ceremony, the Officers were presented with certificates by the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King. This is a symbolic trust that the Defence Force has vested […]

When Commander William Sturrup and the crew members of HMBS BAHAMAS were called upon to transport supplies to Abaco, they didn’t count on assisting an individual who was injured in a traffic accident on Sunday past. After delivering supplies via a vehicle to the Defence Force Officers and Marines stationed in Sandy Point shortly after […]

Members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force continue to assist individuals during this CoViD-19 pandemic with financial contributions during the past week. As the members of Entry 34 celebrated 21 years of service on the Defence Force, current and past members of that squad thought to observe this occasion by assisting the Great Commission Ministries. […]

The Dominican fishing vessel “DIGNA ROSA 1” was sunk by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force west of Coral Harbour on Thursday June 11, 2020. The vessel was escorted to its watery grave by HMBS Lignum Vitae, under the command of Lieutenant Owen Sands. A team of engineers from the RBDF Engineering Department led […]

 A day after meeting with the Minister of National Security, the Honourable Marvin Dames on Wednesday past, Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Executive Team paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Hubert A. Minnis on Thursday June 11, 2020. During the meeting, the Prime Minister […]

A total of 15 fishermen were apprehended for fisheries violations on Wednesday morning by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in the central Bahamas. While on routine patrol, Defence Force patrol craft HMBS L.L. Smith under the command of Senior Lieutenant Alexis Brown boarded and searched two Bahamian registered fishing vessels named “Bluewater” and […]

The Minister of National Security, the Honourable Marvin Dames congratulated Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King and the selection of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Executive Team during a strategic briefing session with the Senior Officers on Wednesday June 10, 2020. Held at the Defence Force Headquarters, John F. Kennedy Drive, Minister Dames assured Commodore […]

As the world accepts its new normal amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, a new batch of young motivated Bahamians have accepted the call to become potential Defence Force Marines. Joining on June 6th, this new group of 50 males and 10 females now make up New Entry 57 Woman Entry 26 and is already hard at […]

Sub Lieutenants Natasha Major, Lashonna Williams and Renaldo Wilkinson are the newest addition to the Officer’s Corps of The Royal Bahamas Defence Force after successfully completing conversion courses for Naval Officers in New London, Connecticut. Both Sub Lieutenants Williams and Wilkinson attended the Officer Candidate School at the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Academy from […]