RBDF

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 […]

Marines of the ill-fated HMBS Flamingo were for the first time remembered with a gun salute in military form and a wreath laying ceremony that included an array of dignitaries at Coral Harbour Base Thursday morning. Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, the Governor General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas brought remarks. (photo gallery below) […]

When HMBS Flamingo slipped HMBS Coral Harbour on May 8, 1980, the crew of 19 Officers and Marines had just begun what was intended to be a routine patrol. While many others were preparing to pay tribute to mothers everywhere, this ship’s company was about to experience what it truly meant to lay down one’s […]

It was 38 years ago on May 10, 1980 when the Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol craft HMBS Flamingo was attacked and sunk by Cuban MIG jet fighters near Ragged Island. Four Marines lost their lives in that ordeal. Fifteen Officers and Marines survived that tragedy. On Friday past, 4 of those survivors, who have […]

Two Haitian males were apprehended in the southern Bahamas on Friday afternoon by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force after they failed to produce legal documents While on routine patrol, HMBS Kamalamee, under the command of Senior Lieutenant Valentino Rolle stopped and boarded a 45-foot Haitian sail sloop approximately 6 nautical miles off the […]

Coral Harbour Base, 01 MAY ‘18 (RBDF): Quick thinking marines attached to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Harbour Patrol Unit prevented much damage assisted in securing one of three breakway freighters on Tuesday afternoon near Potter;s Cay Dock. After receiving information at 1:00 p.m. of a breakaway Haitian freighter, Patrol Craft P—115 was dispatched to […]

Just over 100 Officers and Marines from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force were recognized and honoured during a Commissioning ceremony on the Lower Grounds of Government House at Mt. Fitzwilliam on Friday.  Among the honorees were thirteen Officers, who were presented with their Commissions by the Governor General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Dame […]