buildings and officials as well as assisting the Bermuda Police. The 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was briefly despatched to Bermuda at the request of the local government as a result of riots in 1977 (following the death sentences given to the two men responsible for the murders of the Governor and his ADC, as well as of the 1972 murder of Police Commissioner George Duckett and the 1973 murders of two staff members of a grocery store). At the time, the Bermuda Regiment numbered about 400 officers and men. While sufficient to guard key points around the island, this did not allow for a reserve of men in barracks, and the soldiers assigned to guard duty could not be rotated back to barracks for periods of rest. This shortfall was taken into account by Major-General Glyn Gilbert, the highest-ranking Bermudian in the British Army, when he issued a report on the Bermuda Regiment in which he made a number of recommendations, including its increase to a full battalion of about 750, with three rifle companies and a support company. The Bermuda Regiment (now the Royal Bermuda Regiment) trained for the Internal Security role to support the police, but with threat of civil unrest fading over the following decades, it sought new roles, especially the response to hurricanes. Its expertise means it has been increasingly called on to provide similar relief in British Overseas Territories and Commonwealth countries in the West Indies which lack Bermuda's resources. Teams of volunteers have been flown to a series of islands since the 1980s by Royal Air Force transport, helping to fulfill the British Government's obligations to territories throughout that region. Military Establishment of Bermuda North America Command Nova Scotia Command St. George's Garrison (Eastern District Headquarters) Convict Bay (transferred from Royal Navy 1866, becoming part of adjacent St. George's Garrison) Ordnance Island Royal Army Service Corps Wharf (St. George's) St. George's Armoury East Coast Forts (St. George's, Paget, Governor's, and St. David's Islands) Fort St. Catherine's Fort Victoria Fort Albert Western Redoubt Fort George Town Cut Battery (or Gates' Fort) Alexandra Battery Fort Cunningham Fort Popple Paget Fort Smith's Fort Peniston's Redoubt St. David's Battery Castle Islands Fortifications Devonshire Redoubt Landward Fort Queen's Castle (King's Castle, The Castle, Seaward Fort) Southampton Fort Martello Tower Burnt Point Fort Ferry Island Fort Prospect Camp (Command Headquarters and Central District Headquarters) Warwick Camp Agar's Island