Editing Tonga (section)

===Military===
{{Main|His Majesty's Armed Forces (Tonga)|l1=Tonga Defence Services}}

The Tongan government supported the American "[[Coalition of the willing (Iraq War)|coalition of the willing]]" action in [[Iraq]] and deployed more than 40 soldiers (as part of an American force) in late 2004. The contingent returned home on 17 December 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://matangitonga.to/2004/12/21/tongan-marines-return-safely-christmas |title=Tongan Marines return safely for Christmas |publisher=Matangi Tonga |date=21 December 2004 |access-date=14 March 2023 |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209205015/https://matangitonga.to/2004/12/21/tongan-marines-return-safely-christmas |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, a second contingent went to Iraq, and two more were sent during 2008 as part of continued support for the coalition. Tongan involvement concluded at the end of 2008 with no reported loss of life.

In 2010, Brigadier General Tauʻaika ʻUtaʻatu, commander of the [[Tonga Defence Services]], signed an agreement in London committing a minimum of 200 troops to co-operate with Britain's International Security Assistance Force in [[Afghanistan]]. The task was completed in April 2014, and the UK presented Operational Service Medals to each of the soldiers involved during a parade held in Tonga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/TonganTroopsToWorkWithUkAndOtherIsafForcesInAfghanistan.htm|title=Tongan troops to work with UK and other ISAF forces in Afghanistan|publisher=Ministry of Defence|date=22 September 2010|access-date=1 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403155855/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/TonganTroopsToWorkWithUkAndOtherIsafForcesInAfghanistan.htm|archive-date=3 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tonga has contributed troops and police to the [[Bougainville Province|Bougainville]] conflict in Papua-New Guinea and to the Australian-led [[RAMSI]] force in the [[Solomon Islands]].