Posts by Jonathan Rolle

As a part of Commander Defence Force, Commodore, Dr. Raymond King’s strategic plans for the outreach throughout the communities and strengthening community relations, members of the Airwing Department took time out to give lending hands to the Gambier Primary School on May 6, 2021. Led by Commanding Officer of the RBDF Airwing Department, Commander Reno […]

A group of Cuban Nationals were intercepted off Guinchos Cay, in the northwestern Bahamas by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on May 15, 2021. While conducting patrols at 2:27 am, the Defence Force patrol craft, HMBS DURWARD KNOWLES, under the command of Senior Lieutenant Jataro McDonald, spotted and intercepted a 20-foot wooden skiff approximately 16 […]

In keeping with the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King’s strategic intent of enhancing responsiveness to the security environment nationally and regionally, approximately twenty Marines completed the Crisis and Disaster Risk Management course. This session of the course was taught by trained Senior Enlisted from the Crisis Risk Management and Disaster Risk Management units, who […]

Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship LAWRENCE MAJOR was moored alongside a floating dry-dock undergoing maintenance and repairs at the Suriname Dry-dock and Shipbuilding Shipyard in Paramaribo Suriname when the Motor Vessel Tropic Tide collided into HMBS Lawrence Major around 8:30 am 15 May 2021 while transiting the Suriname River.  Initial damage assessments have indicated that HMBS […]

The Marines assigned to the Transport Workshop section of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force came together to assist The Bahamas Association for the Physically Disabled (BAPD) School by assisting in the repairs of vehicle transportation. As a part of Commander Defence Force, Commodore, Dr. Raymond King’s strategic plans for the outreach throughout the communities and […]

As a part of the Commander Defence Force, Commodore, Dr. Raymond King’s strategic plans to strengthen community relations with stakeholders and the larger community, members of the Squadron Commando department took time out to assist the less fortunate on April 28, 2021. Led by Senior Lieutenant Edward Fritz, the RBDF Commanding Officer for the Commando […]

The outgoing Director of Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), Commander Michael Benson paid a courtesy call on Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King on 11 May 2021 at HMBS CORAL HARBOUR. During the meeting, Commander Benson shared words of gratitude for the cooperation experienced with the Defence Force during his tenure as Director. He […]

As the Royal Bahamas Defence Force continues to enforce the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King’s strategic objective of strengthening relationships with stakeholders and the community at large as a socially corporate citizen, the members of RBDF Entry 41 Woman Entry 13 recently donated grocery items to the Urban Renewal Center, St. James Road. In […]

RBDF gives Search and Rescue Update The Royal Bahamas Defence Force has regrettably called off the search for a missing boater who reportedly went missing on a journey to Abaco over a week ago. Commander William Sturrup, the RBDF’s Search, and Rescue Coordinator shared that: “After days of canvassing an expansive area of waters around […]

Marines of the ill-fated HMBS FLAMINGO were remembered with a gun salute in military form and a wreath-laying ceremony during the 41st Anniversary Service in memory of the vessel and crew on Monday, May 10, 2021, at HMBS CORAL HARBOUR. The Governor General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, His Excellency the Most Honourable Cornelius […]