Bermuda Regiment Partial Embodiment

Due to the severe threat from Hurricane Igor the Bermuda Regiment has been partially called in, and are expected to report in at 8am on Sunday.

The full statement follows:

The Acting Governor, in the exercise of the power conferred on him by section 32, as read with section 35, of The Defence Act 1965, and in consultation with the Chairman of the EMO and the Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Regiment, hereby embodies elements of the Bermuda Regiment as follows:

• Regimental Headquarters and Full Time Staff
• Quartermasters Company
• Training Wing
• JNCO/MOI Cadre
• Support Company Headquarters
• Motor Transport Platoon
• Signals Platoon
• Medical Platoon
• Regimental Police Platoon
• Boat Troop
• Guns and Assault Pioneer Platoon
• Public Relations Section

All members of those subunits shall report to Warwick Camp at 0800 hours on Sunday, 19 September 2010.

The Bermuda Regiment has been embodied on previous occasions including 1968 Riots and State of Emergency, 1970 Riots and State of Emergency, 1972 Assassination of Police Commissioner, 1973 Assassination of Governor Richard Sharples and his ADC, 1977 Riots and State of Emergency, 1981 General Strike, 1987 Hurricane Emily, 1990’s When President Bush and Prime Ministers Thatcher and Major met in Bermuda, 1996 Chinese boat Xing Da with 100 illegal immigrants entered Bermuda waters, 2001 September 11th Terror Attacks and of course for the 2003 strike by Hurricane Fabian.

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