TONGA'S first contingent of 55 soldiers returned from six-months duty in Afghanistan last night, June 16 to an emotional welcome by families and friends at the Fua'amotu International Airport.
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Friday 17 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wednesday 15 June 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first contingent of 55 soldiers who have been serving for six months at Helmand Province, Afghanistan will return to Tonga on Thursday, June 16.
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Wednesday 15 June 2011
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New York, USA
CADET Officer Latu Vaha'i (24), of the Tonga Defence Services graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the prestigious United States Military Academy, West Point in New York in May.
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Wednesday 13 April 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's second contingent to Afghanistan departed Fua'amotu International Airport for the United Kingdom on an Air New Zealand commercial flight today Wednesday, April 13.
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Sunday 20 February 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Commander of the Tonga Defence Services Brigadier General Tau'aika 'Uta'atu, and Navy Commander Sione Fifita were bearers of good news from the 55 soldiers who are currently serving in Afghanistan to their wives, mothers, children and their loved ones who were at the TDS headquarter, Sene last Friday, February 18 to hear the latest news from Afghanistan.
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Sunday 23 January 2011
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Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan
A contingent of 55 Royal Tongan Marines traveled from their tiny South Pacific island to help support the efforts of Regional Command Southwest's mission in Afghanistan. By Sgt. Shawn Coolman.
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Tuesday 30 November 2010
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London, United Kingdom
Tonga's first contingent of 55 soldiers will be deployed into Afghanistan in mid-December to support a NATO-led International Security Armed Forces Mission (ISAF) there, after completing pre-deployment training in the United Kingdom.
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Monday 25 October 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first contingent to Afghanistan left Fua'amotu International Airport for England on an Air New Zealand commercial flight at 10:00am this morning Monday, October 25.
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Monday 27 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's centre for the disabled, the 'Ofa Tui mo e 'Amanaki Centre, has received a helping hand with maintenance from civil servants and church officers who are learning management skills in an eight weeks course organised by the Tonga Defence Service.
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Monday 6 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Navy on Monday, September 6 put on a demonstration of the techniques they use to stop illegal vessels in Tongan waters, in a law enforcement boarding operation for cadets from the "Zhenghe" training ship of China's Peoples Liberation Army Navy.
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Thursday 2 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first contingent of 55 soldiers for Afghanistan are preparing to be deployed before Christmas this year, after flying to England at the end of September or in early October, for six weeks of training.
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Saturday 14 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Brigadier Tau'aika 'Uta'atu, Commander of the Tonga Defence Service, said that as of yesterday, August 13, he had not received any written report from the Solomon Islands following Thursday's fatal shooting in a rock throwing incident in which one person died and another was injured.
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Friday 13 August 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is sending four contingents of soldiers to Afghanistan to support the Western Allied War on Terror. The Tongan Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele in an interview said that Tonga has previously supported requests from both the USA and the UK for soldiers to fight their battles overseas. But this time Dr Sevele says "let's not kid ourselves that is all plain sailing." By Pesi Fonua.
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Wednesday 28 July 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A contingent of 55 Tongan soldiers is expected to serve in Afghanistan in November, the first of 275 soldiers committed over a two year period by the Tongan government yesterday, after convincing the House it will provide much needed jobs.
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Monday 12 April 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A $1.1 million pa'anga headquarter of the Tonga Royal Guards was officially opened by HM King George Tupou V, at the Tonga Defence Services Headquarter, Sene, on Friday afternoon, April 9.
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Saturday 28 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A two-weeks joint military exercise between French soldiers, who are based in New Caledonia, and soldiers from the Tonga Defence Services concluded at the Taliai Military Camp, Fua'amotu on November 21.
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Monday 7 September 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The retiring Commander of the United States Pacific Command in Hawaii, Admiral Timothy J. Keating, dropped into to Tonga for lunch, arriving in a private aircraft on Friday, September 4, on a three-hour farewell visit.
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Friday 28 August 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A New Zealand national, the sole person found on board a distressed yacht "Santana", is being questioned by the Tongan Police after telling rescuers that his captain had disappeared last week on a voyage between Rarotonga and Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 7 July 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Cadet officers ‘Ungatea Tu‘ivailala and Fuatapu Halangahu of the Tonga Defence Sservices graduated from the Royal Military College in Canberra, Australia on June 23.
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Friday 19 December 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's last contingent of 55 Tongan soldiers who had been serving in Iraq arrived safely at the Fua'amotu International Airport at 5 am on December 18 on a special flight by a United States Airforce C17.
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