The Royal Pacific Islands Regiment Two (2RPIR) is an infantry regiment of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). It was formed from the Australian Army in 1973.
Location
Based at the Moem Military Base in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, the 2nd Battalion, Royal Pacific Island Regiment, is a well-equipped rifle company, a company with reconnaissance, signals, motor, mixed engineers, medics, and the regimental first aid station, and an administration company with a band, preventive medicine, transport, and military engineering elements. The 2nd Regiment is responsible for providing land border security with Indonesia in the Sandaun Province. It has a forward operating base at Vanimo and a forward patrol station at Wutung. It is also responsible for supporting the PNGDF's core missions of security, disaster management, civil emergency relief, nation building, and international missions.
See also
PNGDF Taurama barrack camp Papua New Guinea Wewak
Galary
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