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Royal Bahamas Defence Force Vessels HMBS Lignum Vitae and HMBS Leon Livingston Smith loaded up their supplies today as they prepared to make their journeys to Bimini and Ragged Island respectively. Both vessels are currently making way to their destinations. More teams are expected to be sent out to islands needing assistance as a part […]

The almost 200 officers and marines spent almost 4 days at sea under adverse stormy weather conditions during a recent hurricane avoidance exercise. All ships returned safely from sea and are now shifting their operations into disaster relief and recovery mode as they now prepare for redeployment to affected Family Islands. Commodore Bethel thanked the […]

Five Royal Bahamas Defence Force members are now Coral Nursery Restoration Divers after being certified this week in a joint exercise with Stuarts Cove Dive Bahamas and Van Oord, civil contractors who executed construction during the Force’s Sandy Bottom Project. Environmental and Conservation Officer in the RBDF, Lieutenant Desiree Corneille along with Chief Petty Officer […]

by: Marine Seaman Michael E. Turner II Executive Committee Members of the British Legion – Bahamas Branch paid a courtesy call on Commander Defence Force., Commodore Tellis A. Bethel on Monday past. They were led by Comrade Cephas Ferguson, who currently serves as Chairman and Treasurer of the British Legion Bahamas Branch. He was accompanied […]

There it is. Your 55 gallon drum and sealed on the inside, your survival gear. But here’s the dilemma. The drum is positioned on a small patch of land confined by a barrier, 3 feet in circumference. One of your men is also marooned on that patch of land. Outside of the barrier lays a […]

Haitian migrants were apprehended in Bahamian waters in two separate incidents between August 9th and 11th in waters of the Southern Bahamas. On August 9th, the US Coast Guard vessel with a Defence Force shiprider on board apprehended 73 Haitian migrants aboard a freighter. Under the Comprehensive Maritime Agreement between the US and The Bahamas, […]

A total of 82 Ranger Trainees graduated from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Rangers Leadership Training School on Friday past. This was the culmination of a 3-week long program where the trainees between the ages of 12-20 years were pulled away from their usual daily comforts and immersed in an accelerated leadership program. Participants in […]

RBDF Marines assisting some of the Haitian migrants after arriving in the capital on July 30, 2017. They were apprehended in the area of Humming Bird Cay near mainland Exuma around 9:30 am. Coral Harbour Base, 30 JUL. ‘17 (RBDF): The Royal Bahamas Defence Force today assisted Police and Immigration officials in Exuma with the […]

Royal Bahamas Defence Force Harbour Patrol vessels have made several arrests in the areas of Nassau Harbour and the outlying islands involving illegal possession of spear guns and air compressors, as well as undeclared ammunition in four separate incidents over the past week. On Saturday 22nd July, a Bahamian vessel was boarded and searched by a […]

Less than 2 days after the Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol craft HMBS Arthur D. HANNA and OPBAT officials apprehended a group of Haitian migrants on the remote island of Little Inagua, another large group was apprehended, this time near Long Island. Around noon on Tuesday, a boarding team from HMBS Cascarilla, commanded by Lieutenant […]