Leading Woman Marine Laurell Farrington receives a completion certificate from Acting Captain Coral Harbour Captain Shawn Adderley on Friday, February 5, 2021 at HMBS CORAL HARBOUR. (RBDF PHOTO: WOMAN MARINE MYIESHA GIBSON)
NASSAU, BAHAMAS The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) Training Department continues to raise awareness and sensitize its personnel on the effect of illicit activities with a Trafficking in Persons (TIPs) training seminar, which was conducted at the Coral Harbour Base on Friday.
Leading Woman Marine Malisha Richardson receives a completion certificate from Acting Captain Coral Harbour Captain Shawn Adderley on Friday, February 5, 2021 at HMBS CORAL HARBOUR. (RBDF PHOTO: WOMAN MARINE MYIESHA GIBSON)
Retired Commodore Leon Smith and Mrs. Helen Smith along with and The Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King and Mrs. Fredricka King presenting Leading Seaman Melvin Smith with the Leon Smith Award at the force’s Annual Christmas Carol and Awards Ceremony on Monday, December 21, 2020. Also shown are: Deputy Commander Defence Force, Captain Shonedel Pinder and Captain Glenn McPhee, Acting Captain Coral Harbour. (RBDF Photo by Chief Petty Officer Mark Armbrister)
Coral Harbour Base, (RBDF): 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 succession planning, Leading Seaman Melvin Smith was awarded the Leon L. Smith Award as the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s overall Marine of the Year for 2020.
Defence Headquarters - In keeping with the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King’s strategic objective of strengthening relationships with stakeholders and the community at large as a socially corporate citizen, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force presented Christmas gifts to the students of the Adelaide and Gambier Primary Schools on December 18, 2020.
Traditionally the Royal Bahamas Defence Force invites the staff, faculty, and students from both schools to be a part of its Annual Christmas Carol ceremony held at HMBS CORAL HARBOUR. However, due to the current state of the country, plans were revamped, and Commodore Raymond King, along with Chairperson of the RBDF Christmas Carol 2020 committee, Senior Commander Floyd Moxey delivered the presents to the schools.