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Australian Army soldiers from 1 RAR train with Royal Tongan Marines on urban clearance drills at Lavarack Barracks. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photo by Sergeant Andrew Sleeman.

Australian Army News Pacific

Forces combine in lead-up to Rimpac

08/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 457 Views 0 Comments 1RAR, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, RIMPAC

Rehearsing urban clearance drills like a well-oiled machine, soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and His

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Lieutenant Commander Makaila Lasalo, right, talks with Nomuka Island residents during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

Australian Navy officer witnessed Tongan volcano

11/05/202220/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 353 Views 0 Comments His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Twenty-four hours before Ha’atafu Beach Resort in Tonga was destroyed by a tsunami, one Navy officer stood at the shoreline

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ADF personnel embark onto HMAS Adelaide at the Port of Brisbane before departure on Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy

Tonga relief set to sail

25/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 429 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

HMAS Adelaide has finalised the loading of humanitarian and disaster relief stores, equipment and personnel in readiness to aid recovery efforts in

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Lieutenant Esafe Vunipola demonstrates a hold on Staff Sergeant Vuna Puloka from His Majesty's Armed Forces Tonga. Story by Captain Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.

Australian Army News Pacific

Tongan students become Combative Masters

26/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 636 Views 0 Comments 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga

Five soldiers from His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga (HMAF) have the skills to train their fellow colleagues in the Army

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Tropic Twilight 2016 - Left to Right: Flying Officer Chloe Lowndes RAAF, SPC Hustin TRUSSO, USA Guam Army, SPR Jared HUMPHRIES, NZ Army and Cadet LUI Jian Bang, China. are part of combined New Zealand, US, Chinese and Australian military personnel are heading to Tonga for Exercise Tropic Twilight to help build much needed infrastructure on outlying Islands.

Australian New Zealand News Overseas

Kiwis lead multinational mission in Tonga

06/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5299 Views 0 Comments 2nd Engineer Regiment, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, NZDF, People’s Liberation Army, Tonga, United States Army

A multinational task group led by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel will be undertaking community projects to improve water

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