A major recruitment drive, expanded cyber and drone capabilities, and renewed investment in young recruits are central to the Barbados Defence Force’s plans to respond to an increasingly complex security environment, Chief of Staff Brigadier Carlos Lovell said on Sunday as the military marked its 47th anniversary.

He told the anniversary gala at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre that in light of the constant threats, the BDF must continue to rearrange itself, modernise and develop new capabilities to defend the island’s national interests.

BDF and government officials at the BDF anniversary church service (Photo credit: Lourianne Graham / Barbados TODAY)