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 […]
The Funeral Service for the late Marine Seaman Angelo Valentino Dorsett Jr. will be held on Sunday , 8 February, 2015 at 1030 hours at Renewal Bible Church, Nicholls Town Andros. Officiating will be Pastor Raymond Neely assisted by Defence Force Chaplain, Reverend Prince Bodie.
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 […]
Over fifty Officers and Marines from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force received Award of Decorations and Medals and thirteen Officers received their Officer Commission on Monday January 19, in the Ballroom of Government House at Mt. Fitzwilliam. Her Excellency, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Dame Marguerite Pindling presented the Officers from the rank […]
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 […]
The Minister of National Security, The Honourable Dr. Bernard J. Nottage confirmed on 12 December 2014 that promotions and advancements for 371 men and women in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force were approved with effect from 1st October 2014. This recent exercise was the largest in Defence Force history with approximately a quarter of […]
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force apprehended over one hundred (100) Haitian migrants around 8:30am this morning, in the Exuma chain. Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship P45 under the command of Acting Sub Lieutenant Owen Sands intercepted the white and green American sailing yacht at approximately 4.5 nautical miles off Harvey Cay. A search of the vessel […]
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