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| Royal Bahamas Defence Force | |
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 Emblem of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force | |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Service branches |
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| Headquarters | New Providence Island |
| Website | rbdf |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | King Charles III |
| Minister of National Security | Wayne Munroe KC |
| Commander Defence Force | Raymond King |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Available for military service | 84,903[1], age 18-49 (2010 est.) |
| Fit for military service | 62,779[1] males, age 18-49 (2010 est.), 63,954[1] females, age 18-49 (2010 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually | 2,840[1] males (2010 est.), 2,758[1] females (2010 est.) |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | US$67,106,665 (2018) |
| Percent of GDP | 0.5% (2018) [2] |
| Related articles | |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Bahamas |
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) is the military 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.
- ^ a b c d e Bahamas, The. "CIA – The World Factbook". CIA.gov. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ 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. (http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/finance)