Coral Harbour Base, 05 JUN ‘18 (RBDF): A man believed to be responsible for a house and car break-ins was apprehended by Marines from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Tuesday Morning. The Marines were conducting Coastal Surveillance Patrol in south New Providence when they observed a young man running away from another male. The […]
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force will be hosting Tradewinds 2018 in The Bahamas from the 14th to 21st of June. The largest military training exercise of its kind, this is an annual regional military training exercise that will focus on Countering Transnational Organized crime in the region. During a press conference held at the Defence […]
Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship YELLOW ELDER was officially handed over to Stuarts Cove Dive Company and will be used as an artificial reef site for visitors. Commissioned on November 20, 1986, HMBS YELLOW ELDER was one of 3 Protector Class vessels that was built by Fairey Marine, England. The 108-ft craft was used extensively in […]
Two local boaters are on their way to the capital after a Royal Bahamas Defence Force aircraft spotted their distressed vessel near the Berry Islands on Monday afternoon. At 1:50 pm, a 27-foot go fast vessel was spotted by a Defence Force aircraft during a routine patrol approximately 22 nautical miles northwest of Chub […]
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Harbour Patrol Unit is currently conducting a search for a missing male after a 20-ft speed boat ran aground on a Cay late Sunday Night. After receiving information of a vessel that hit a reef shortly after 11:00pm on Long Cay located just north of Arawak Cay, Patrol craft P-40 […]
Commander Defence Force, Commodore Tellis Bethel is pleased to announce that the first phase of Tradewinds has successfully commenced. This first phase of Tradewinds saw the deployment of 33 Royal Bahamas Defence Force marines and 12 Police officers to St Kitts. The Bahamian contingent of 45 departed New Providence onboard a United States military aircraft […]
On behalf of my Executive Command, and the members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Officer and Enlisted Corps, my wife, and myself, I express sincerest condolences to Chief Petty Officer Dwight Gibson and his family on the loss of his wife, Mrs. Tami Gibson, as a result of a tragic vehicle accident that occurred […]
Acting on information received earlier today, Royal Bahamas Defence Force Patrol Craft P-44, coxswained by Chief Petty Officer Theodore Thompson intercepted a Haitian sailing sloop near the Exuma Chain Monday evening. The 40–ft Haitian sailing vessel was apprehended 6 nautical miles west of Beacon Cay near the top of the Exuma chain of Islands shortly […]
RBDF Photo shows: Media team interviewing Captain Adrian Chriswell, Acting Captain Coral Harbour during their tour of the coastline on board patrol craft P-129 on May 28, 2018. (RBDF Photo by Marine Seaman Wellington Ramsey) The Royal Bahamas Defence Force organized a sea trip for interested media houses today. Two Defence Force patrol craft P-129 and P-45, […]
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 […]
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