RBDF Photo shows: A US Soldier taking a salute in the pouring rain as the Royal Bahamas Defefence Force Color Guard gives a general salute with the firing of weapons in honour of the fallen. Photo by Leading Mechanic Al Rahming Earlier Monday morning, on this US Memorial Holiday, a ceremony was held in honour of […]
An ongoing search for additional migrants is currently being conducted after several Haitian migrants were apprehended in a combined effort between Police, Immigration and Defence officials early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight, a 35-ft a Haitian sloop made landfall off Venice Bay, South New Providence. Efforts by security forces resulted in the capture of 26 […]
Members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force executive and senior command teams debriefing Commander Defence Force on the latest migrant incident, and the measures they have implemented to enhance interdiction efforts. Shown from Left: Senior Lieutenant Andrew Bowe, Commanding Officer, Harbour Patrol Unit; Commander Henry Daxon, Senior Staff Officer; Commander Shonedel Pinder, Commanding Officer Airwing; […]
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force congratulates 7 of its members, who successfully graduated from the University of The Bahamas on Thursday past at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium. The graduates include: Lieutenant Natasha Woods (BA – Business Administration in Accounting), Petty Officer Deanna Davis (Bachelor of Education – Primary Certification), Leading Women Marines Stacy Ferguson, Michelle […]
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force will be hosting the largest military training exercise of its kind next month. Tradewinds 2018 is an annual regional military training exercise that will be held in The Bahamas from the 14th to 21st of June. This year’s exercise will focus on Countering Transnational Organized crime in the region. The main objective […]
The Royal Bahama Defence Force received a major boost in manpower on Friday past after 111 recruits successfully graduated from New Entry Training at the Coral Harbour Base. With scores of families and loved ones cheering them on, the squad of 93 males and 18 females is the latest group of entrants to join the […]
Well done to the R.B.D.F Marines and Rangers who participated this in the recent Bahama Health 2018 Annual Run Dirty at Junkanoo Beach, West Bay Street. A total of 20 participants from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force along with 30 RBDF Rangers took part in this competition. They all completed and endured many obstacles along […]
Senior representatives of the Red Cross Society paid a courtesy call on Commander Defence Force, Commodore Tellis Bethel, on May 10, 2018 at Defence Headquarters. Mrs. Caroline Turnquest, Director General of the Bahamas Red Cross Society along with Ms. Clothilde Verzier, Delegate for the CARICOM States of the International Committee of the Red Cross paid […]
I take this opportunity to extend a Happy Mother’s Day to all Officers and Marines of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, who bear the responsibility of motherhood, and to all mothers of members of the Defence Force’s Executive Command, as well as the Officer and Enlisted Corps on behalf of my wife, and myself. Mothers […]
The Bahamas Maritime Association’s (BMA) Chairman, Ms. Denise Lewis-Johnson, along with fellow board members presented the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) Rangers Program with a cheque in support of the youth program. The cheque was presented by Dr. Shawn Thurston, a director at BMA, at Coral Harbour Base on Thursday past. Lieutenant Delvonne Duncombe, Director […]
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