Posts by Jonathan Rolle

Mrs. Kesha Smith, a cancer survivor, paid a courtesy call on the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King on November 3, 2020 at Defence Headquarters, John F. Kennedy Drive. During the visit, Mrs. Smith, who is also the wife of a RBDF Marine, presented a book written by herself entitled “Cancer, Meet Christ and My […]

The Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King met with Captain Delvin Major, Chief Investigator of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority of The Bahamas on October 30, 2020 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the two organizations.  Captain Major spoke to the need for a well-trained, rapid response first response team to handle all aviation […]

Eleven personnel from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Airwing Department successfully completed the Basic Air Crew and Air Frame training courses for the Partenavia 68 Aircraft on Friday October 30, 2020. Conducted over a two-week period from October 19-30, 2020, the candidates were taught a wide range of topics from the avionics of an aircraft […]

Two Turks and Caicos nationals were rescued off Inagua on Thursday morning during a joint effort by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence and Police Departments the US Coast Guard.  After receiving information from a US Coast Guard helo that a fishing vessel was spotted off Great Inagua, a Police patrol vessel with Defence Force […]

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force Veterans Association recently partnered with the RBDF Veterans Affair Department to assist retired personnel and dependents of deceased members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force with supplies of grocery items at Defence Headquarters, J.F.K. Drive. Spearheaded by President of the Veterans Association, Chief Petty Officer (Retired) Harold Bosfield and his […]

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force recently assisted Samaritan’s Purse in setting up a 20-bed tent hospital at the Princess Margaret Hospital. In a collaboration effort with the force’s Crisis Risk Management Unit and the Disaster Risk Management Unit, and in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Public Hospital Authority, the tent hospital will […]

After spending a total of twenty-three weeks of New Entry Training at HMBS CORAL HARBOUR, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force welcomed 56 of the newest Marines into the organization during a Passing out Parade ceremony on October 16, 2020. In the first ever graduation ceremony without family members in attendance, the young men and women […]

At total of thirteen Cuban Nationals were transported to the capital aboard Defence Force patrol craft HMBS LEON LIVINGSTONE SMITH after they were apprehended by a United States Coast Guard (USCG) cutter in the southwest Bahamas. Nine Cuban nationals were discovered on Cay Sal and another four were discovered near Anguilla Cay by USCG Cutter […]

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force Rangers section was pleased to contribute to the community they are based in, as they recently assisted the Coral Harbour community during a clean-up effort on October 3, 2020.  The young leaders took the time to trim the edges of the sidewalks and remove unwanted debris from along the main […]

The Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King, presented the Bahamas National Flag to the wife of the late Marine Mechanic Raynaldo King on October 13, 2020 at Defence Headquarters, John F. Kennedy Drive.   Whilst thanking Mrs. Le’Chea Capron-King for her husband’s service and offering sincerest condolences, the Commander Defence Force used the opportunity to remind […]