RBDF

In keeping with the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King’s strategic focus on strengthening partnerships and relationships with our regional partners against transnational threats, Commander David Sheppard, Director for Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), and Brian Bonifant, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Attaché, both accepted an invitation for a tour and subsequently accompanied Captain […]

In keeping with the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King’s strategic intent for Decentralization of Defence Force operations, on Friday 10, December 2021, the Honourable I. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM), visited Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship (HMBS) Gunn Point, Ragged Island. Accompanying the Deputy Prime Minister were Mrs. Cooper, Honourable Leonardo Lightbourne, MP, […]

The white ribbon campaign was influenced in Montreal, Canada after a mass massacre of fourteen females by Marc Lepine in 1989, thirteen of whom were school students and one employee at Montreal University. This campaign was initiated in November 1991 in London Ontario Canada by a group of men in remembrance of the fourteen lives […]

In keeping with the country’s national security strategy of strengthening its security cooperation relationships with regional and international partners, The Royal Bahamas Defence Force accepted a thirty-one-foot Contender vessel donated by The United States Northern Command, onboard Coral Harbour Base on Tuesday 30 November 2021. This donation is the third of its kind from the […]

In keeping with the country’s collaborative framework to strengthen cooperative partnerships with its regional and international partners. Acting Minister of National Security, the Honourable Keith Bell, MP, Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King, and Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of National Security, Carl Smith participated in a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing. […]

In keeping with the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King’s strategic objective of strengthening community relationships, the crew of Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship (HMBS) Lignum Vitae partnered with the Kiwanis Club to give back to a pre-school.The crew of HMBS Lignum Vitae, in conjunction with the Kiwanis Club of Over the Hill, came together […]

The Battle 4 Atlantis College Basketball Tournament, which was held on Paradise Island attracted many spectators so and among those were ten (10) members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Ranger Program thanks to the generosity of the United States Embassy in The Bahamas.The generous donation of tickets by the US Embassy afforded two (2) […]

In keeping with Commander Defence Force’s vision of community relations and the spirit of Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving luncheons were hosted by the Captains within the Force at various satellite bases. Deputy Commander Defence Force, Captain Shonedel Pinder, and Captain Southern Command, Glenn McPhee joined the teams in Matthew Town, Inagua where there were presentations made to […]

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force celebrated its Annual Thanksgiving Service and Career Transitioning Luncheon Ceremony at HMBS Coral Harbour, Thursday 25 November 2021.The ceremony which aligns itself with the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King’s vision of focusing on talent management and honouring the men and women who served our country, was an opportune […]

Members of the Oaktree Medical Center recently paid a visit to the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King, where they presented a monetary donation of $15,000 to assist RBDF Veterans on November 24th, 2021 at Defence Headquarters, John F. Kennedy Drive.As the organization continues to enforce the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King’s strategic […]