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The Royal Bermuda Regiment’s new soldiers started work on their foot drill and learnt more about rifles as they hit the halfway mark of their first week of training today. The soldiers hit the parade ground for their foot drill and skill at arms inst...

The island’s armed service is better equipped than ever to deal with natural disasters, John Rankin, the Governor, said yesterday. Mr Rankin added that the latest recruits to the Royal Bermuda Regiment had joined an organisation that will play an inc...

The Premier and the Minister of National Security called on the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s latest intake of recruits yesterday. David Burt and Wayne Caines toured Warwick Camp and visited the new soldiers as they got to grips with military life on thei...

The island’s newest soldiers joined up for the first of this year’s two Recruit Camps. A total of 25 men and women were issued their uniforms and kit as they prepare for a tough two weeks of new style basic training in Recruit Camp Alpha. Private Le-...

The Bermuda Reserve Police has strengthened ties with fellow voluntary organisations by hosting two round table discussions. The round tables with the Royal Bermuda Regiment and St John Ambulance on February 3 and 4 provided an open forum for partic...

Six divers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment and the police service have completed a tough weeklong evidence recovery and search and rescue course. The group — two police officers and four soldiers — qualified in the National Association of Police Dive...

Troops will be out in force at a telecoms business this weekend as they practise public-order skills. Sixty soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment are to take part in an exercise at the Link Bermuda headquarters in Devonshire. The manoeuvres are pa...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment bid farewell to Corporal Ricardo Gibbs on Saturday with a military ceremony at the New Testament Church of God in Hamilton. Mr Gibbs, who served with the RBR for more than 20 years, died in a bike crash on Harbour Road on J...

Bermuda’s wartime air heroes will be honoured tomorrow with a special stamp series issued to mark the 100th birthday of the Royal Air Force. The four stamps from the Bermuda Post Office highlight Rowe Spurling, who fought in the First World War, and ...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment’s training officer was appointed as second-in-command of the island’s armed service yesterday. Major Ben Beasley, a former Royal Air Force officer, takes over the role from Major Warren Furbert. John Rankin, the Governor, p...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment plans to offer learning credits for soldiers to enhance their training. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, announced the move as he updated the House of Assembly on the Regiment’s activities. He said the credi...

The island’s defence force is to launch a fresh drive for new soldiers for the second of its new-style Recruit Camps. Volunteers for Recruit Camp Alpha, the first of two next year, have until the end of January next year to sign up for training, whic...