… par­tic­i­pa­tion not on­ly en­hances The Ba­hamas’ role in re­gion­al se­cu­ri­ty … mile­stone mo­ment that re­flects The Ba­hamas’ com­mit­ment to gen­der equal­i­ty … Ba­hami­an peo­ple and re­in­forces The Ba­hamas’ long­stand­ing tra­di­tion of of­fer­ing …