 The Defence Force also has adopted its own system of medals and awards.</p>
<p>The only combat action the RBDF has ever been involved with has been against <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>. On 10 May 1980, the HMBS <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1980#11_May" title="List of shipwrecks in 1980"><i>Flamingo</i></a> attempted to arrest two Cuban fishing vessels, the <i>Ferrocem 165</i> and the <i>Ferrocem 54</i>, for poaching in Bahamian waters. In retaliatio