Tongan Defence Force complete tour of duty in Afghanistan

A historic moment in the history of the Tongan Defence Service (TDS) was celebrated this Saturday, the 11th of June, as the first ever ISAF Tongan National Contingent (TNC) finished its tour of duty, operating as part of 6 Force Protection (FP) Wing at Camp Bastion Afghanistan.
Prior to their 6-month deployment, the contingent of 55 Tongans completed a 7-week training course with the Royal Air Force Regiment at RAF Honington in Suffolk. During this time, the group became proficient at all elements of force protection including vehicle searching, guarding, patrolling, battlefield first-aid and infantry battle skills.
The group arrived in theatre in December 2010 and quickly established themselves within the FP framework supporting the RAF Police at Camp Bastion, maintaining security at the Main Entry Point, on the flightline and around the base in a number of the watch towers. Alongside this, the TNC provided an 8-man Quick Reaction Force on a permanent 15-minute readiness state, with the capability to react to any incidents as they occurred.
To mark their departure from Afghanistan they were presented with their ISAF medal by Cdre Walker RN, Commander of Joint Force Support at Camp Bastion. After the parade, they entertained the Commodore and watching crowd by conducting a Sipitau, the Tongan Hakka.

[@belauidid]

Malo au pito...from Fiji

[@lateo74]

Well deserved :)

[@gregb8823]

Served with TDF in the Solomons. Great blokes, hard as nails, crazy as all fuck. Have these blokes at my back anytime.

[@ANZACS100]

FUCK AMERICA , FUCK NATO !

[@gregb8823]

@@ANZACS100 Dongbeater100 more like it.

[@ANZACS100]

@@gregb8823 and you're homophobic as well , of course

[@gregb8823]

@@ANZACS100 Did you get yours mums permission to comment.

[@ANZACS100]

@@gregb8823 nah but I got permission to eat out yours last night , that's an example of the sort of comment a Cro-Magnon such as yourself would leave. Not something I would say though

[@TsUP676]

makes Tongans proud

[@kevintaufatoutai8681]

The commander of toga military speak to the nation "he take out tongue of the tongan people" in 2006.

[@ravenspirit1970]

Reminds me of Stripes.....Army training sir......LOL

[@koolyman]

the true tongan ninjas lol