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A total of 26 Cuban migrants are on the way to the capital after they were apprehended in the central Bahamas by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Tuesday evening. While on routine patrol HMBS Rolly Gray under the command of Acting Lieutenant Commander Granville Adderley, discovered 26 Cuban Migrants consisting of 22 males and […]

On Monday past, celebrated as National Heroes Day around the country, heroes in their own right in the form of Royal Bahamas Defence Force personnel ably assisted by Tropical Shipping volunteers, worked late into the evening loading the Defence Force’s 17-piece Containerized mobile base onto HMBS Lawrence Major. Having surveyed the damage recently, Captain Tellis […]

The body believed to be that of a boater who went missing on Saturday October 1, 2016 around 8:30 p.m. following a collision with a Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessel was recovered from the waters on Monday morning by Defence Force divers. Two persons were on board a 13-foot fiber glass skiff when the accident […]

During the early hours of this morning, officials stationed in Matthew Town, Inagua received a frightened call from a crew member of a Haitian sailing sloop reporting that their vessel, the Change Vie had run aground.  Efforts were made to locate their exact position and a rescue mission was launched.  The rescue mission emphasized the […]

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol craft, Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship Arthur Dion Hanna, under the command of Acting Lieutenant Commander Berne Wright, apprehended a total of 21 undocumented Cuban nationals in the southern and western Bahamas on two separate occasions within 24 hours. Shortly after 11:00 am Tuesday morning, 4 Cuban nationals were found […]

The Bahamas Striping Group of Companies paid a courtesy call on Captain Tellis Bethel, Commander Defence Force (Acting) on Tuesday past. Led by President Atario Mitchell, the group met briefly with Captain Bethel, who encouraged them to continue the work they are doing. Matters of mutual interest were also discussed, which concluded with Mitchell presenting […]

Comrade Edric Garfield Sturrup was a family man. But he dedicated those years between 1941 and 1945 to military service for his beloved Bahamas during World War II. On August 27, family members, friends and a respected cadre of government officials attended his funeral at St. Barnabas Parish. It was plain to see that his […]

Kudos go out to the men and women of Commando Squadron as they continue to conduct roving coastal patrols in securing our borders. Criminal activities have been reported reduced in coastal areas where they were once known to occur due to the Department’s Operation Secure Shores (OSS). Earlier this week, OSS apprehended an adult male […]

Eighteen young men and women from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Rangers graduated from the Antiquities, Monuments, and Museums Corporation’s Historical Military Reenactment Programmes at Fort Charlotte on Friday 12th August 2016. The programme is a partnership between AMMC and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Rangers programme. During the graduation, Rangers were dressed in uniform […]

Forty-three marines from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force are better equipped to defend and safeguard the country against illicit activities after graduating from the Commando Squadron’s Basic Infantry Training Course. Conducted by versatile skilled instructors of the Commando Squadron department, the vigorous nine-weeks training program demanded both the mental and physical endurance of course participants. […]