Republic of Fiji Military Forces
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces is the military force of the Pacific island nation of Fiji. With a total manpower of about 6,500 active soldiers and approximately 6,200 reservists, it is one of the smallest militaries in the world and the third largest in the South Pacific region. The Ground Force is organised into six infantry and one engineer battalions.
Dabur-class patrol boat (Israeli boat No. 881)
Pacific-class patrol boat (Solomon Island police boat RSIPV Lata)
The Fiji Infantry Regiment is the main combat element of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces. It is a light infantry regiment consisting of six battalions, of which three are regular army and three are Territorial Force. The regiment was formed with the foundation of the Fijian armed forces in 1920. The regiment, as it is today, goes back to 1978 following Fiji's independence. The Royal Australian Infantry Corps and Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment conduct yearly training seminars and exercises with the Fiji Infantry Regiment
World War II. A Fijian medical orderly administers an emergency plasma transfusion during heavy fighting on Bougainville, c. 1944.
Fijian soldiers attached to MFO during a mass-casualty exercise with the US military
Fijian UNIFIL peacekeepers, part of UNIFIL's Force Mobile Reserve, in southern Lebanon, 1989