Coral Harbour Base, 07 JUL. ‘20 (RBDF): A total of 12 fishermen were apprehended in the central Bahamas for fisheries violations on Tuesday afternoon by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. While on routine patrol shortly after 2:30 p.m., Defence Force patrol craft HMBS Lignum Vitae under the command of Senior Lieutenant Ricardo McQueen […]
The RBDF Harbour Patrol Unit recovered three stolen jet skis in the northwestern vicinity of New Providence Monday afternoon. The operations department received a call from the Police Control Room at 12:28pm that a group of individuals were spotted towing the stolen jet skis in the Delaport area. Patrol crafts from the Harbour Patrol Unit […]
RBDF Vessel Sustains Damage Coral Harbour Base, 06 JUL. ‘20 (RBDF): The Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Bahama Class vessel HMBS NASSAU, sustained minor damage to its port propeller while transiting the channel inbound to the pier in Marsh Harbour, Abaco on Friday morning. None of the crew members were injured in that incident. As per […]
Coral Harbour Base, 06 JUL. ‘20 (RBDF): Captain Glenn McPhee, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Commanding Officer for SOUTHERN COMMAND travelled to the Defence Force satellite bases in the southern and central Bahamas on Wednesday past on a familiarization tour. Accompanied by RBDF Senior Officers, Warrant Officer and Senior Rate, Captain McPhee met with the […]
Coral Harbour Base, 03 JUL. ‘20 (RBDF): An ongoing search for a missing boater is being conducted by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Royal Bahamas Police Marine Division and a United States Coast Guard helicopter, after an American registered vessel ran aground a mile and a half of South Bimini early this morning.After […]
Today, we highlight an individual who has made a tremendous impact as a Commissioned Officer in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Senior Commander Gregory Brown has given over 35 years off service to his country, and by extension, the Royal to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, with approximately twenty-nine (29) of those years with the […]
Coral Harbour Base, 27 JUNE ‘20 (RBDF): Leading Mechanic Delron Mitchell of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force recently made history by becoming the first Able Rate in Command of an RBDF aircraft. On May 19, 2020, the 11-year-veteran piloted the force’s Cessna Caravan, accompanied by the Air Wing flight crew consisting of Leading Mechanic Andrew […]
Coral Harbour Base, 26 JUNE ‘20 (RBDF): Officers and Marines from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force recently came together to financially assist a recently retired comrade with his medical bills. Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Marvin Newbold was diagnosed in 2014 with a kidney disease known as Glomerulonephritis. Over the years, his medical bills have increased […]
Ten Commanding Officers (CO’s) of Defence Force patrol crafts were officially presented with their appointments to their Command posts on Tuesday past at HMBS Coral Harbour. During a brief ceremony, the Officers were presented with certificates by the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King. This is a symbolic trust that the Defence Force has vested […]
When Commander William Sturrup and the crew members of HMBS BAHAMAS were called upon to transport supplies to Abaco, they didn’t count on assisting an individual who was injured in a traffic accident on Sunday past. After delivering supplies via a vehicle to the Defence Force Officers and Marines stationed in Sandy Point shortly after […]
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