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Nicolau Lobato International Airport Dili-Timor-Leste April 3, 2025
General Steven S. Nordhaus arrives at Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili-Timor-Leste on plane 90540, received directly by Colonel Alberto Perreira dos Santos “LIA LULIK”, current Chief of the Social Support Office and Chief of Military Technical Cooperation, Lieutenant Colonel Graduate Domingos Oki, together with the US Ambassador to Dili-Timor-Leste, General Steven Guinea. of the National, came to Timor-Leste.
The General's visit aims to continue strengthening the long-term commitment of the United States to strengthen security ties with Timor-Leste and strengthen cooperation between the United States and Timor-Leste in the defense sector.
General Nordhaus will also participate in the official handover ceremony of the Aircraft Hangar and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Warehouse to the FALINTIL-FDTL Air Component in Baucau this week. The ceremony marks an important moment in the defense partnership between the United States and Timor-Leste, and these new facilities will enhance the disaster response capabilities and operational readiness of the F-FDTL, strengthening the resilience and security of Timor-Leste.
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Headquarters, 03 April 2025
Chief of Staff of FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) against the Deputy Chief Official Secretary of Australia, Ms. Laura Darlington, who was also accompanied by the Australian Defence Attaché in Timor-Leste, Navy Captain and War Captain Matthew Richardson, the meeting was held at the F-FDTL Headquarters in Fatuhada, Dili. At this meeting, the team that accompanied the Chief of Staff of the F-FDTL was composed of the Colonel of the Military Health Directorate Guido de Oliveira, the Chief of Logistics of the F-FDTL, Lieutenant Colonel Fitun, the Chief of Planning of the F-FDTL, Lieutenant Colonel Taek, the Chief of Military Technical Cooperation, Colonel Domingos and the technicians of the F-FDTL.
The objective of this meeting is how to continue to strengthen the Technical-Military Cooperation between Timor-Leste and Australia, especially in the development of FALINTIL-Força de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) in the future.
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Dili, 29 March 2025
The New Zealand and Australia Alumni Women’s Team in Timor-Leste defeated FALINTIL-Força de Defesa de Timor-Leste (3-4) after the opening of the 2025 Anzac Day Futsal Tournament held at the B.J. Habibie Futsal Ground, Bidau.
Twelve women’s clubs competed in this tournament, which will conclude on 26 April this year.
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Tolu March 28, 2025
FALINTIL-East Timor Defence Forces (F-FDTL), together with the NGO Permatil, planted trees in Tasi Tolu Lagoon, Dili-East Timor.
In an interview, Colonel Renilde Guteres Cortereal e Silva, current deputy Chief of Staff of FALINTIL-FDTL, said that the objective today is to plant trees to revitalize our lands because we ourselves are damaging our environment, and the effect of the road such as flooding, high temperature so they plant these trees, because we are all concerned that the ecosystem of our country remains good. The Deputy Chief of Staff of FALINTIL-FDTL said.
On this occasion, the Deputy Chief of Staff of FALINTIL-FDTL would like to appeal to all Timorese to refrain from arbitrarily cutting and burning trees, because we arbitrarily cut and burn trees, which causes heat and flooding in the rainy season in some places.
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March 28, 2025
The FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), through the Service Support Unit, carried out a two-kilometer walking exercise today from Fatuahi to the Metinaro Service Base (UAS) Metinaro.
In an interview, the Commander of the Service Support Unit (UAS), Infantry Major Horácio dos Santos, said that an activity we carried out this morning, called the Forced March exercise, is something that our military personnel always carry out every year, in addition to participating in the planning matrix of our Service Support Unit every year. “The main objective of this walking exercise is that there are three aspects that we consider, first, we want to test the capacity of the military, we need the physical condition of the forces as well as their mentality, capacity and knowledge, this is what we do when the state assigns a mission to the Armed Forces through the command, another is to familiarize ourselves with the local communities but more importantly to familiarize ourselves with the terrain, how can our soldiers know these areas, another we do to reflect on FALINTIL Day, because this is our Service Support Unit to show the people of Timor-Leste that we are ready to carry out any mission in our country.
He added that the total number of soldiers who walked today was 105 to do this exercise. We have more troops than that, but since some of our members are doing security in the unit and some are fulfilling the mission, we are here today to do this exercise, he said. (UAS) Metinaro, however the exercise started in Fatuahi and ended at the Service Support Unit (UAS) Metinaro base with a distance of 21 kilometers.
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Government Palace, 27 March 2025
Chief of General Staff of FALINTIL-Defence Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) participates in the ceremony of the 25th anniversary of the Government Palace, 27 March 2025 Chief of General Staff of FALINTIL-Defence Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) for the 25th time.
The commemoration ceremony was held at the Government Palace in Dili.
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