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New recruits to the Royal Bermuda Regiment yesterday marked the halfway mark of their basic training with a gruelling race around the Warwick Camp assault course. The three sections in the first summer Recruit Camp competed against each other in a cr...

The island’s newest soldiers perfected their drill and weapons safety yesterday. Recruits at the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s first summer recruit camp practised their drill moves and worked with SA-80 rifles in preparation for their visit to the firin...

The Governor paid a visit to the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s first summer recruit camp yesterday. John Rankin, Commander-in-Chief of the RBR, chatted with the service’s newest soldiers, toured Warwick camp and inspected new vehicles brought in to boost ...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment welcomed 24 new recruits to its first summer camp today. The rookie soldiers will spend the next two weeks learning the basics of military life in preparation for a choice of special roles at the end of their training. Shos...

A former senior military officer said yesterday he feared the Government’s decision to end conscription would weaken the island’s defence force. Lieutenant-Colonel Allan Rance, leader of the Nine Colonels, a pressure group of former Commanding Office...

Legislation to end conscription into the island’s military was passed in the House of Assembly last night. Wayne Caines, Minster of National Security, said the Defence Amendment Act was “a once-in-a-generation chance to transform the Royal Bermuda Re...

As we understand it, the Bermuda Government is about to announce legislation that would abolish conscription once and for all. In our long-considered opinion, that will be a serious error in judgment. A survey analysis done by Global Research in Dece...

Legislation designed to end conscription into the island’s military is to be debated in the House of Assembly today. The Defence Amendment Act 2018, tabled by Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, was drawn up to fulfil a General Election ...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment is on the verge of finishing a strategic review to guide the service through its next five years, according to national security minister Wayne Caines. Mr Caines told Parliament that the report, which he has yet to see, cou...

Bermuda’s uniformed services were out in force for the Queen’s Birthday Parade on Saturday morning. The troops of the Royal Bermuda Regiment and its Band and Corps of Drums, police, the RBR’s Junior Leaders and the Sea Cadets paraded on Front Street ...

Two Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers have started an intensive nautical skills course in the Cayman Islands run by the Royal Navy. Private Donavin Trott-Burchall and Private Jessica Pimental, both members of the RBR Boat Troop, will spend three weeks ...

Two British soldiers met their sporting heroes after they were drafted in to help with training at the Royal Bermuda Regiment. Colour Sergeant Andy Chappell, a specialist British Army instructor, is on the island to offer advice on planning and set-u...