Papua New Guinea Defence Force

E646070

military organization

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force is the small, primarily land-based military organization responsible for the defense and internal security of Papua New Guinea.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Papua New Guinea Defence Force Air Transport Wing	1
Papua New Guinea Defence Force Headquarters	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization ⓘ
commanderTitle	Chief of Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Australian Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Islands Forum members ⓘ United States military NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
dateFounded	1973 ⓘ
engagement	peacekeeping operations ⓘ regional security cooperation in the Pacific ⓘ
focus	land-based operations ⓘ
foundedBy	Government of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	Murray Barracks, Port Moresby NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBranch	air element ⓘ army ⓘ naval element ⓘ
hasCapability	air transport ⓘ coastal patrol ⓘ disaster relief support ⓘ light infantry operations ⓘ
hasComponent	Papua New Guinea Air Operations Element NERFINISHED ⓘ Papua New Guinea Land Element NERFINISHED ⓘ Papua New Guinea Maritime Element NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Port Moresby NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSmallRelativeTo	neighbouring regional militaries ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Defence Act of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
mottoLanguage	English ⓘ
notableIssue	limited resources ⓘ logistical constraints ⓘ
operatesIn	Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Papua New Guinea airspace ⓘ territorial waters of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
partOf	Government of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Australian Army units in Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryBranch	land forces ⓘ
responsibility	border security ⓘ defence of Papua New Guinea ⓘ maritime surveillance ⓘ support to civil authorities ⓘ
role	internal security ⓘ national defence ⓘ
serviceType	volunteer military service ⓘ
shortName	PNGDF NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Ministry of Defence of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bougainville Civil War → hasMainBelligerent → Papua New Guinea Defence Force ⓘ

Bougainville Civil War → involves → Papua New Guinea Defence Force ⓘ

Bougainville Civil War → opposingForce → Papua New Guinea Defence Force ⓘ

Konedobu → hasGovernmentBuilding → Papua New Guinea Defence Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papua New Guinea Defence Force Headquarters

Jacksons International Airport → servesAsPrimaryBaseFor → Papua New Guinea Defence Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papua New Guinea Defence Force Air Transport Wing