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  • Royal Bahamas Defence Force
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  • The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) is the navy of The Bahamas. Since The Bahamas does not have an army or an air force, its navy composes the entirety of its armed forces. Under The Defence Act, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has been mandated to defend The Bahamas, protect its territorial integrity, patrol its waters, provide assistance in times of disaster, maintain order in conjunction with the law enforcement agencies of The Bahamas, and carry out any such duties as determined by the National Security Council. The Defence Force is also a member of Caricom's Regional Security Task Force. The task force has seen action in the United Nations mandate in Haiti 1994.
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Branches
  • Navy, Special Operations Unit, Commando Squadron
commander-in-chief
Commander
Age
  • 5.364792E8
Fit
  • 62779
Country
  • The Bahamas
Name
  • Royal Bahamas Defence Force
Caption
  • Naval Ensign of the Bahamas
Available
  • 84903
reaching
  • 2840
reaching f
  • 2758
minister title
  • Minister of National Security
Headquarters
  • New Providence Island
Minister
percent GDP
  • In 2010 the total estimated capital and recurrent expenditure on the RBDF was $48,901,806 of a total Budgetary Expenditure of $1,819,306,320. This represents about 0.7% of GDP.
manpower data
  • 2010
commander title
  • Commodore
fit f
  • 63954
manpower age
  • 16
Founded
  • 1980
abstract
  • The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) is the navy of The Bahamas. Since The Bahamas does not have an army or an air force, its navy composes the entirety of its armed forces. Under The Defence Act, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has been mandated to defend The Bahamas, protect its territorial integrity, patrol its waters, provide assistance in times of disaster, maintain order in conjunction with the law enforcement agencies of The Bahamas, and carry out any such duties as determined by the National Security Council. The Defence Force is also a member of Caricom's Regional Security Task Force. The task force has seen action in the United Nations mandate in Haiti 1994.