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The Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force is the military of Saint Kitts and Nevis. It currently consists of an infantry unit (the St. Kitts Nevis Regiment) and a maritime unit (the St. Kitts Nevis Coast Guard). Both units have regular and reserve elements, all of which fall under the command Force Headquarters (FHQ, SKNDF).
Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard. Warrant officer class 1: Warrant officer class 2: Chief petty officer: Petty officer: Leading rate: Able rate: Rank group Senior NCOs
Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard. Commander: Lieutenant Commander: Lieutenant: Sub-Lieutenant: Midshipman
The Regional Security System was created in 1982 to counter threats to the stability of the region in the late 1970s and early 1980s. On 29 October, four members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Barbados to provide for "mutual assistance on request".
St Kitts and Nevis achieved full independence on 19 September 1983. [8] [15] Kennedy Simmonds of the PAM, Premier since 1980, duly became the country's first Prime Minister. St Kitts and Nevis opted to remain within the British Commonwealth, at that time retaining Queen Elizabeth as Monarch, represented locally by a Governor-General.
George Astaphan, born in St. Kitts, was a physician who gave steroids to the sprinter Ben Johnson. Imruh Bakari, born in St. Kitts, film maker and writer. Hutchens C. Bishop, pre-civil-rights-era clergyman who led the 1917 Negro Silent Protest Parade in New York, U.S. [25] Robert Bradshaw, first Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
A view of Nevis from the southeastern peninsula of Saint Kitts in 2005 The east coast of Nevis, partially protected by coral reefs with Long Haul Bay visible in the foreground Main Street in Charlestown, Nevis Part of the west coast of Nevis, including the location of Nelson's Spring The view looking inland from the Nevis airport in 2008
A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'COUNTRY ABOVE SELF' on a blue field 1980-1983: Flag of the governor-general of Saint Christopher and Nevis: A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS' on a blue field 1967-1980