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120 Regiment Soldiers Help Hurricane Clean Up
The island’s Royal Bermuda Regiment [RBR] soldiers stood down yesterday [Sept 21] after a major effort to cope with the damage caused by Hurricane Humberto. Private Ariana Smith, 22, who only joined the Regiment last year, had a baptism of fire on her first hurricane deployment. Private Smith said, “I knew we would be cleaning up, but not much else.... Read more of this article
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Bermuda Regiment Embodied For Hurricane
In preparation for Hurricane Humberto, the Governor has signed an order to embody 120 members of the Royal Bermuda Regiment as of 5pm on Wednesday. “The Governor, His Excellency John Rankin has signed an order to embody 120 members of the Royal Bermuda Regiment as of 1700 [5.00 p.m.] on Wednesday, 18th September 2019 in preparation for Hurricane... Read more of this article
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Governor Honours Outgoing Honorary Colonel
Governor John Rankin has thrown a special reception to honour the decades of service to the island’s military by Royal Bermuda Regiment Honorary Colonel Eugene Raynor. The Government House event was held to mark the retirement of Col Raynor after 20 years as Honorary Colonel and almost 60 years in Bermuda’s armed services. Mr Rankin also used the... Read more of this article
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Gibbons Replaces Raynor As Honorary Colonel
Governor John Rankin announced that Lt Colonel David Gibbons has been appointed as Honorary Colonel of the Royal Bermuda Regiment in succession to Colonel Eugene Raynor, who is stepping down from the role having served since 1999. The Governor said “I thank Colonel Raynor for his distinguished 20 years’ service as Honorary Colonel to the Regiment.... Read more of this article
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Team Rescue Visitors After Rental Boat Capsizes
A joint services marine team rescued six US tourists yesterday after their rental boat capsized in the west end. The Royal Bermuda Regiment and police team on police boat Rescue 2, deployed as part of the marine security element for the traditional Non-Mariners raft up at Mangrove Bay, swung into action after the Boston Whaler, about 13ft long, overturned... Read more of this article
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Joint Services Work To Keep Cup Match Safe
A team of soldiers joined forces with police officers yesterday [Aug 1] as part of a massive safety and security operation at Cup Match. A total of eight Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers were deployed alongside the Bermuda Police Service to patrol St George’s Cricket Club, this year’s host of the annual East v. West cricket match. RBR Commanding... Read more of this article
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New Regiment’s Patrol Boat Commissioned
The latest addition to the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Boat Troop fleet was today christened at Warwick Camp. Governor John Rankin and Minister of National Security Wayne Caines were among the VIPs that helped commission 41 Juliet – a 27ft Boston Whaler Guardian class boat – into service. The refitted former Bermuda Police Service vessel will... Read more of this article
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CBP Donates Generators To Security Agencies
The U.S. Consulate General Hamilton hosted a donation ceremony at the L.F. Wade International Airport on July 25. The Consulate, through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP], presented the Bermuda Police Service, Royal Bermuda Regiment, and the Customs Department with portable gasoline generators to assist with Bermuda’s emergency preparedness... Read more of this article
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RBR To Join Forces With Police For Cup Match
More than 20 Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers will team up with police to keep the annual Cup Match holiday safe. The soldiers – all Special Constables – will work on land at hosts St George’s Cricket Club and at sea over the four day holiday weekend which starts next Thursday. RBR Second-in-Command Major Ben Beasley said: “They are being attached... Read more of this article
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Minister On Soldiers At Exercise Tradewinds
Minister of National Security Wayne Caines provided an update on Bermuda’s involvement with Exercise Tradewinds in the House of Assembly. Minister Caines said, “Exercise Tradewinds, organized by the US Southern Command of the United States Military, was a joint international disaster relief exercise in the Caribbean. “The 22 countries... Read more of this article
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RBR Junior Leaders Mark End Of Annual Camp
The island’s youngest soldiers staged a celebration at the weekend to mark the end of their annual training camp. The dozen Junior Leaders, a youth training scheme run by the Royal Bermuda Regiment, spent a week at Watford House in Sandys, where they learnt navigation, fieldcraft, took part in physical training sessions and also enjoyed adventurous... Read more of this article
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Minister: War Veterans Pension Benefit Increase
Government will increase the Pension Benefit for Bermuda’s war veterans, Minister of National Security Wayne Caines said in the House of Assembly, explaining that “even with the various pulls on the Government purse, the Government is committed to ensuring that our veterans are adequately supported.” Minister Caines said, “Recently,... Read more of this article