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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Wednesday 7 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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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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Thursday 9 September 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
His Majesty’s Armed Forces has made history this week by including three female sailors for the first time in a sea operation, as part of a trial. They are part of a joint Tonga Royal Navy and Ministry of Health team delivering COVID-19 vaccines to the remote islands of Ha’apai.
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Friday 27 August 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six members of His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) took part in a six-week Pacific Leadership Development Programme workshop in New Zealand that will help them deliver the HMAF’s first Lead Teams Leadership course in Tonga in the coming weeks.
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Tuesday 15 June 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King Tupou VI today commissioned the Fangatā Military Camp of His Majesty's Armed Forces in 'Eua, constructed under a Defence Cooperation Program between the governments of Tonga and Australia.
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Wednesday 27 January 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King Tupou VI commissioned the Tonga Navy's VOEA Ngahau Siliva patrol boat at the Masefield Base, Touliki, today.
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Thursday 17 December 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Navy's new patrol boat, the VOEA Ngahau Siliva which arrived from Australia on December 16, remains quarantined with 22-crew at the Nuku'alofa harbour.
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Tuesday 15 September 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The VOEA Neiafu on its final voyage from Tonga, arrived safely in Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia on 14 September, and will be handed over to the Australian Authorities for disposal.
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Monday 6 July 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s first Joint Maritime Coordination Centre was launched on July 3 at the Masefield Navy Headquarters, with equipment worth $75,000 pa'anga, funded under Australia's Defence Cooperation Program.
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Friday 26 June 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Joint Operations Room at His Majesty’s Armed Forces was refurbished with $25,000 pa’anga by the Australian Defence Cooperation Program.
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Monday 27 April 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Navy bid farewell to the VOEA Pangai navy patrol boat on 23 April after almost 30 years of service, operating within Tonga and internationally.
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Thursday 14 November 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three Royal Australian Navy ships and more than 600 Australian Defence Force personnel will arrive on a five-days visit to Tonga, later in the week.
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Wednesday 16 October 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King Tupou VI commissioned the Tongan Navy's new headquarters and VOEA Ngahau Koula patrol boat on October 16 at the Naval Masefield Base, Touliki. Australia's Rear Admiral Colin Lawrence said the arrival of the patrol boat marked a first step in a new era for Tonga’s maritime security.
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