Tonga's Prime Minister and Minister responsible for His Majesty’s Armed Forces, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku had a bilateral meeting with the Minister for the French Armed Forces Mr. Sébastien Lecornu, on 2 October, at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, Paris.
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Wednesday 4 October 2023
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Paris, France
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Monday 28 August 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), the JS Shiranui, an Asahi-class destroyer, docked at Vuna Wharf, Nuku'alofa, early this morning, 28 August, during her Indo-Pacific deployment.
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Monday 24 July 2023
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Neiafu, Vava'u
HM King Tupou VI accompanied by Queen Nanasipau‘u officially commissioned the new Northern Command headquarters for His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF), on 22 July, at Fangatongo Vava‘u.
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Friday 26 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Recruit Lopeti Nisa was awarded the Best Overall Recruit and Best in Physical Training at HMAF's 72nd Basic Recruit Intake Passing Out Parade on 26 May, at Taliai Camp in Fua'amotu.
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Thursday 25 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A special maritime surveillance is being carried out by an Australian Defence Force C-27J plane to provide support regional maritime surveillance operations in Tonga from 23-25 May.
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Thursday 27 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new Toyota Hilux Utility vehicle and some much-needed rugby equipment were donated by the Australian Defence Force Sports Program to His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) recently.
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Wednesday 26 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Lest we forget' the ANZAC Day commemoration in Tonga on 25 April, remembered the day when ANZAC forces consisting of Australian and New Zealand forces (including Tongan soldiers) landed at Gallipoli, Turkey, during World War One in 1915.
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Thursday 13 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eleven young leaders from His Majesty's Armed Forces - Tonga successfully completed a Junior Leaders Course at Taliai Military Camp.
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Tuesday 4 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A newly refurbished Taliai Military Camp Mess was handed back to the Tonga Armed Forces yesterday, 3 April 2023.
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Saturday 17 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King Tupou VI commissioned a new Music Center for His Majesty's Armed Forces at Taliai Camp in Fua'amotu on 12 December 2022.
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Friday 9 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hydrographic equipment was presented to His Majesty’s Armed Forces, by Hon. Pat Conroy, under Australia’s Defence partnership with Tonga on 8 December.
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Wednesday 7 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Australia’s Pacific Support Vessel, Australian Defence Vessel Reliant is in Tonga this week, after arriving on 5 December in Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 29 November 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After a lapse in engagements during the COVID-pandemic, the Nevada National Guard in the United States and the Kingdom of Tonga are re-establishing the State Partnership Program with His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF).
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Saturday 26 November 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The annual Tonga-Australia Defence Cooperation Talks held in Canberra last week further strengthened defence cooperation and ties between the two countries.
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Monday 14 November 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Remembrance Sunday Service to remember the Tongan soldiers who served and fell on the battlefields of the First and the Second World Wars, was held on 13 November at the Cenotaph in Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 18 October 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, this morning welcomed Defence Ministers and senior delegates from the region to discuss Pacific security challenges and build collective Pacific responses, at the seventh South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting, to be held 18-19 October in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
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Wednesday 21 September 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Visiting Tonga last week, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Admiral Samuel Paparo, was welcomed in Nuku‘alofa, by His Majesty’s Armed Forces and Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, Captain Sione Ulakai. The visit by the high-ranking U.S. military delegation, aimed to strengthen the U.S.-Tonga partnership to work on shared challenges and objectives in the region.
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Tuesday 23 August 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ‘Kirisame’, Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force Destroyer was in Nuku'alofa over the weekend, on its Indo-Pacific Deployment 2022, aimed to strengthen cooperation with partners, including the Tonga Navy. Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala toured the destroyer on 20 August at Vuna Wharf.
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Wednesday 6 July 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Young Officer Cadets and Midshipmen have been commissioned as the newest members of the Officers Corps for His Majesty’s Armed Forces, on 1 July in Nuku’alofa. They graduated from various military institutions around the world.
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Wednesday 25 May 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Forty-five Tongan soldiers from His Majesty’s Armed Forces will take part in the world largest international maritime exercise, the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC 2022) in Hawaii next month. They departed Tonga for training in Australia on 23 May.
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