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The Kingdom of Tonga maintains a modest-sized armed force called Tonga Defense Services (TDS). They are known to conduct military exercises with the [[USA|United States]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[United Kingdom]], and have several defense agreements with these nations.

The TDS has no national camouflage pattern of its own. Instead they wear an imported copy of the US M81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern.

== Camouflage Patterns worn by Tonga ==

* The standard camouflage pattern of the Tonga Defense Services is a variation of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] design, having
black, brown & olive green woodland shapes on a tan background. Compared to the standard American made versions, the Tongan version appears a bit darker, with a more brown tinge to it.

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* A small contingent of the Royal Tonga Marines served in Iraq alongside the US 1st Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in 2004. This unit wore US surplus tricolor desert camouflage uniforms.

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 == Kingdom of Tonga ==
-The Kingdom of Tonga maintains a modest-sized armed force called Tonga Defense Services (TDS). They are known to conduct military exercises with the [[USA|United States]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[United Kingdom]], and have several defense agreements with these nations.
+The Kingdom of Tonga maintains a modest-sized armed force, His Majesty's Armed Forces (HMAF), consisting of three operational components and two support elements. The operational components are the Land Forces (Royal Tongan Marines, and Tongan Royal Guards), the Tongan Maritime Force, and the Tongan Air Wing. HMAF is known to conduct military exercises with the [[USA|United States]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[United Kingdom]], as well as other island nations from Oceania, and has several defense agreements with these nations.
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-* A small contingent of the Royal Tonga Marines served in Iraq alongside the US 1st Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in 2004. This unit wore US surplus tricolor desert camouflage uniforms.
+* A small contingent of the Royal Tonga Marines served in Iraq alongside the US 1st Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in 2004. This unit wore US surplus tricolor desert camouflage uniforms. Subsequent deployments continued to wear the DCU (desert camouflage uniforms) when serving in Iraq.
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-* Tongan Marines bound for Afghanistan have received specialized training in the United Kingdom. Before deploying the small contingent were issued the current British Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) camouflage uniforms. Its use seems to be gradually spreading to other units of the TDS.
+* Tongan Marines bound for Afghanistan received specialized training in the United Kingdom. Before deploying the small contingent were issued the current British Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) camouflage uniforms.
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-* Tongan Marines bound for Afghanistan have received specialized training in the United Kingdom. Before deploying the small contingent were issued the current British Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) camouflage uniforms.
+* Tongan Marines bound for Afghanistan have received specialized training in the United Kingdom. Before deploying the small contingent were issued the current British Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) camouflage uniforms. Its use seems to be gradually spreading to other units of the TDS.
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 == Camouflage Patterns worn by Tonga ==
-* The standard camouflage pattern of the Tonga Defense Services is a variation of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] design, having
+* The standard camouflage pattern of the Tonga Defense Services is a variation of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] design, having black, brown & olive green woodland shapes on a tan background. Compared to the standard American made versions, the Tongan version appears a bit darker, with a more brown tinge to it.
 [[File:tonga1.jpg|200px]]