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Tonga Military Profile

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Military branchesTonga Defense Services: Joint Force headquarters, Territorial Forces, Land Force, Tonga Navy, Training Wing, Air Wing, and Support Unit (2020)
Military service age and obligationVolunteers, 18-25; no conscription (2019)
Military and security service personnel strengthsthe Tonga Defense Services have approximately 500 personnel (2020)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitionsthe Tonga military's inventory includes mostly light weapons and equipment from European (primarily the UK) countries and the US, as well as naval patrol vessels from Australia; Australia is the only supplier of military systems since 2010 (2020)

Source: CIA World Factbook
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