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Defence Headquarters, 25 DEC. ‘21 (RBDF): In a multi-national suspected drug apprehension operation, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Operation Bahamas and Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), and the United States Coast Guard apprehended suspected drugs on a beach at the northern end of Great Inagua on Friday 24 December 2021. OPBAT […]

In keeping with the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King’s strategic intent of developing a professional and high-performance workforce focused on excellence and talent management where well-deserving members were recognized and awarded for their exemplary services. Leading Seaman Rodney Davis was recognized as the Royal Bahamas Defense Force’s overall Marine of the Year for 2021 […]

For the last three months members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Base Civil Construction and Maintenance Unit (BCCMU) along with members of the Moore’s Island community worked in cohesion to repair over thirty homes in the community that were damaged by hurricane Dorian in October 2019. At the Moore’s Island Community Center a farewell […]

In the spirit of giving at Christmas time, members from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Information Technology Section reached out to the Bahamas Amputee Association with a donation of hams and turkeys for persons affected with this disability. The Bahamas Amputee Association was selected for the donation as one of the Defence Force’s very own […]

In keeping with the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King’s strategic intent for Decentralization of Defence Force operations, on Tuesday 14 December 2021 Commodore Dr. Raymond King along with a delegation of Senior Officers, and Captain Gregg Gellman of the United States toured the Marsh Harbour area with the intent scoping out an area […]

The Organization of American States demonstrated its commitment to strengthening peace and security in the hemisphere with its latest donation of a Pneumatic Marking Machine to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Tuesday 14 December 2021 at their Village Road Office. The Pneumatic Marking Machine is significant to the country as it will aid in […]

In a video circulating on Facebook by Cay Mills, it is alleged that building supplies were taken onboard Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship Lawrence Major as part of the extraction exercise from Marsh Harbour, Abaco. However, the building supplies depicted were under the care of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and were directed by the Administrator […]

Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King, accepted the Icon Award on Friday 3 December 2021 on behalf of the Officers and Marines of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force for their assistance and support of the Disability Association over the past two years. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force has and continues to assist the less […]

A disabled vessel with two occupants onboard was brought into the capital after efforts by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Search and Rescue Unit and the United States Coast Guard safely rescued them on Sunday 12, December 2021. After the RBDF Operations Center received a distressed call from a Mr. Bosfield, owner of […]

Sixty-four migrants were apprehended by RBDF patrol craft P-48 coxswained by Chief Petty Officer Winston Beckles, Saturday 11 December 2021. After receiving information from local fishermen of a sighting of a Haitian Sailing vessel in the Cay Lobos area, RBDF patrol craft P-48 was deployed as well as an RBDF aircraft to investigate the sighting. […]