• The Royal Tongan Marines is the marine corps of the His Majesty's Armed Forces of Tonga. It is headquartered at Fuaʻamotu, with a headquarters and support...
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    HQ Tongan Land Force Tongan Royal Guards Royal Tongan Marines Combined Logistics and Technical Support Tongan Maritime Force Training Command Tongan Air...
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  • specialized units. The Tongan Land Force comprises several key units, each with distinct roles. The Royal Tongan Marines serve as the marine corps of the HMAF...
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  • 2004, the Royal Tonga Marines were augmenting the 1st Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. The Royal Marines supported...
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    by marines have included raiding ashore in support of naval objectives, and the boarding of vessels during combat or capture of prize ships. Marines also...
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    Lord Fielakepa Forces Tongan Land Force Tongan Royal Guards Royal Tongan Marines Combined Logistics and Technical Support Tongan Maritime Force Air Wing...
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    @AustralianArmy, Malaysian Marine Corps, Chilean Marine Corps, Mexican Naval Infantry, Indonesian Marine Corps & Royal Tongan Marines received training during...
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    History of Tonga - U.S. relations United States "virtual embassy" to Tonga Tongan Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Tonga's ambassador to the United...
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    Tonga (redirect from Tongan Rugby)
    Tonga (/ˈtɒŋə/ TONG-ə, /ˈtɒŋɡə/ TONG-gə; Tongan: [ˈtoŋa]), officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country...
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  • Lance corporal (category Military ranks of the Royal Marines)
    the lowest ranking non-commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, between private and corporal. Although officially they have a NATO...
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    His Majesty's Ship (category Royal Navy)
    In the Tongan Maritime Force, commissioned ships use the prefix Vaka O Ene Afio, abbreviated "VOEA", meaning "His Majesty's Vessel" in Tongan. The initialism...
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    between 1950 and 1999. Bishop Dunn was also questioned for recommending Tongan priest Sateki Raass, who was subsequently convicted for sexually assaulting...
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    News, the flights were to "help determine the extent of the damage [to Tongan infrastructure]… and inform future disaster support requests." In October...
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    eruption began on Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. The eruption reached a very large...
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    3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, abbreviated as (3/3), was an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps, based out of Kaneohe, Hawaii. Known as either...
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    Baron Vaea (category Tongan nobles)
    the daughter of a Tongan nobleman named Vaea. He attended Wesley College, Auckland, from 1938 until 1941. He enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force...
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  • Sergeant (category Military ranks of the Royal Marines)
    of a platoon. In the Royal Marines a sergeant is sometimes the commander of a platoon-sized Close Combat Rifle Troop. The Royal Air Force also has the...
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  • Australian airliner". UPI. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Marines, Volume 23, Issue 8. United States Marines Corps. 1994. USS Lake Erie CG-70 Command Operations...
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    shore establishments (which are commissioned warships), including all Royal Marines establishments. Permission has been granted to some other buildings...
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    soil and some remaining lakes. Rainfall is plentiful. It was part of the Tongan maritime empire from around the 13th to 16th century. By that time the influence...
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  • structure. Before 1999 the Royal Marines enjoyed the same rank structure as the army, but at a grade higher; thus a Royal Marine captain ranked with and...
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  • Tonga. This motorised vessel (MV) was built in 1972, and began sailing the Tongan route on 7 July 2009 only to sink less than a month later on 5 August. Official...
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  • Staff sergeant (category Military ranks of the United States Marine Corps)
    technician are the Royal Air Force equivalents. Chief petty officer is the equivalent in the Royal Navy and colour sergeant in the Royal Marines. Staff sergeant...
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  • Lieutenant commander (Tongan Maritime Force) Lieutenant commander (Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard) Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy) Lieutenant commander...
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  • Forces Gendarmerie Nationale Togolaise His Majesty's Armed Forces (Tonga) Tongan Maritime Force Tonga Defence Services aviation Trinidad and Tobago Defence...
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    Alofa. The platoon conducted security operations in conjunction with the Tongan Defence Services for three weeks prior to returning to Australia. In 2017...
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  • (Tanzania Naval Command) Commander (Tongan Maritime Force) Commander (Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard) Commander (Royal Navy) Commander (United States Navy)...
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  • (Tanzania Naval Command) Lieutenant (Tongan Navy) Lieutenant (Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard) Lieutenant (Royal Navy) Lieutenant (United States Navy)...
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    recent archaeological excavations of the area, fortifications built by the Tongans (circa the Middle Ages) were unearthed, at nearby Talierumu and Malama...
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    Kingdom of Laos – Royal Lao Navy  Spain – Spanish Marine Corps  Vietnam – Vietnam Navy  Thailand – Royal Thai Navy  Tonga – Tongan Maritime Force  Turkey...
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