Barbados Defense Force

	Barbados Defense Force;
guide
Commander in Chief :	Queen Elizabeth II
Military strength
Active soldiers:	650
Conscription:
Eligibility for military service:
history
Founding:	15th August 1979

The Barbados Defense Force ( German Defense Forces of Barbados ) are the armed forces of Barbados . The headquarters are located in St. Ann's Fort in The Garrison, Saint Michael .

They have 000000000000650.0000000000650 soldiers .

history

The armed forces were founded on August 15, 1979 as a completely separate military unit alongside the Royal Barbados Police Force , which had existed since 1835 .

organization

Barbados ' armed forces are divided into

Force Headquarters
The Barbados Regiment (with an additional reserve unit )
Barbados Coast Guard
Barbados Air Wing and that
Barbados Cadet Corp .

The formal Commander in Chief of the Barbados Armed Forces is Queen Elizabeth II , represented by the Governor General . The Barbados Defense Force reports directly to the Prime Minister's Office. The defense budget is the equivalent of US $000000024600000.0000000000 24,600,000 , which corresponds to 0.8% of the national budget.

equipment

The Barbados Coast Guard has since 2007/8 over three patrol boats of the type Damen Stan 4207 , the HMBS Leonard C. Banfield , the HMBS Rudyard Lewis and HMBS Trident .

The BDF Air wing operates a Cessna 402 C, 2 Swearingen C-26A Metro and a Beech King Air E90 .

Individual evidence

^ The Caribbean: Defense and Security in the Anglophone Caribbean - The Roads to Cooperation . In: Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina (RESDAL): A Comparative Atlas of Defense in Latin America and Caribbean , Edition 2010, esp.Table Organization of Defense and Security Forces , p. 113 and Legal functions related to defense in the system , P. 116 f (full article p. 113–128, pdf, resdal.org, there p. 4 f).
↑ The CIA World Factbook (Eng.)
^ Patrol boat replacement , Jane's Defense Weekly . March 17, 2008. Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved on September 26, 2009.

Web links

Commons : Barbados Defense Force - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

[resdal.org-1] The Caribbean: Defense and Security in the Anglophone Caribbean - The Roads to Cooperation . In: Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina (RESDAL): A Comparative Atlas of Defense in Latin America and Caribbean , Edition 2010, esp.Table Organization of Defense and Security Forces , p. 113 and Legal functions related to defense in the system , P. 116 f (full article p. 113–128, pdf, resdal.org, there p. 4 f).

[CIA-2] The CIA World Factbook (Eng.)

[3] Patrol boat replacement , Jane's Defense Weekly . March 17, 2008. Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved on September 26, 2009.