RBDF

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 […]

Just over 60 Haitian migrants were apprehended in the southern Bahamas on Thursday morning during a joint exercise by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and Immigration authorities. Shortly after 8:30 am, a Haitian sloop arrived offshore at Ragged Island. Defence Force and Immigration officials along with community members engaged in a joint exercise to take […]

Coral Harbour Base, 03 JUL. ‘17 (RBDF): Over 60 undocumented Haitian nationals were apprehended in the central Bahamas early Monday morning by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. A Haitian sloop was intercepted on the Great Bahama Bank west of the Exuma chain by Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship Lignum Vitae under the command of Senior Lieutenant […]

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force expresses condolences to the family of former Minister of National Security The Honourable Dr. Bernard J. Nottage The Royal Bahamas Defence Force mourns the passing of the former Minister of National Security, the Honourable Dr. Bernard J. Nottage who passed away on June 28th due to illness. Dr. Nottage, a […]

Coral Harbour, 30 JUN ‘17 (RBDF): – Just one day following an official change of command ceremony at Coral Harbour Base, U.S. General Lori J. Robinson paid a courtesy call on the recently appointed Commander Defence Force, Commodore Tellis Bethel at Coral Harbour Base on Friday, June 30 2017. General Robinson is Commander of the […]