Local News News BDF team on the ground in SVG Barbados Today15/04/20210174 views A contingent from the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) safely arrived in St Vincent and Grenadines Thursday as part of a regional response team to the ongoing eruption of the La Soufrière Volcano. The team lead by Chief of Staff Colonel Glyne Grannum includes 30 troops and support staff. The BDF platoon will team with their regional counterparts to provide security and law enforcement support to Vincentian authorities.