Talk:Tanzania People's Defence Force

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POV?[edit]

"On returning home, the TPDF soldiers were all heroes" - this line seems like a POV issue to me...--GregRog 21:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, the section on the conflict with Uganda is very POV. I'm going to try and tag the article accordingly. Nicolasdz 11:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Title[edit]

I'm pretty sure that the correct name of the TPDF is the "Tanzanian People's Defence Force". Unless anyone tells me otherwise, I'll move this article in a few days. StockholmSyndrome 18:36, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Its not !

http://www.bcstimes.com/dailytimes/viewnews.php?category=1&newsID=466
http://www.iss.co.za/pubs/ASR/10No1/Lupogo.html
http://uniformservices.unaids.org/country.asp?region=Africa%20and%20the%20Middle%20East&country=Tanzania&menu=

Omoo 18:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good examples. But then so are

http://www.afrol.com/News/tan008_journalists_zanzibar.htm
http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/ASR/SADR3/Baynham.html
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pubs/umrabulo/umrabulo13b.html

According to the Statesman's Yearbook and the Defense & Foreign Policy Handbook (which are both usually accurate), it is "Tanzanian People's Defence Force". The laws of grammar mean that there must be an apostrophe in there somewhere ("People's" or "Peoples' "). Can you can find an official Tanzanian source that proves it one way or the other? StockholmSyndrome 13:44, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

--Semkae 20:57, 9 January 2006 (UTC) It's Tanzania People's Defence Forces[reply]

Wars fought[edit]

“The TPDF was one of the front line National Armies during the struggle to liberate Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Uganda.” What struggle? When was it and with who?--78.150.120.1 (talk) 23:44, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HOW TO JOIN TPDF IF YOUR A GRADUATE?[edit]

I would like join the tpdf but I cant because I cant see the the way to contact them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allen bantanuka (talk • contribs) 11:15, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Go to the mayor's office in your local town. Ask if they have a contact for the senior military officer locally. If not, go to your regional administration and ask the same thing. Buckshot06 (talk) 00:56, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Silas[edit]

Lt. Gen. Peter Mayunga Silas was born Maswa, Shinyanga in 1940. He joined the Army of the Tanganyika Rifles January 10, 1963, after completing secondary education in Bwiru School, Mwanza. Graduate courses for officers of the Army July 26, 1963, in Israel, and Commander of the Army in 1973 in Canada and graduate courses top commanders of the army in 1974 in the country. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in June 21, 1995 and before retiring army December 31, 1995, he had been Director of Training at the Headquarters of the Army, the Director of Campus Training Headquarters of the Army, commander of 202 Brigade at Tabora, and Commander of the 20 Division and 30 of the Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF).

UN Peacekeeping[edit]

I understand (all but one) missions are indeed peacekeeping according to the UN website: unmissions.org I agree that the one in DRC (Force Intervention Brigade) can engage in offensive operations but it is nonetheless under the command of MONUSCO (source). Just because this one mission may not be peacekeeping, it does not mean that the rest aren't.

AfricaTanz, can you explain why you keep on reverting the original citation date of the source from 17 July 2013 to 1 August 2013? What do you mean "I accessed it on 1 August"? It was accessed about a fortnight before "YOU" accessed it and yet you accused me of page ownership. Ali Fazal (talk) 12:41, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note for you two: the word 'peacekeeping' does not appear in the Charter of the United Nations. It's much more clear to just say 'United Nations missions.' All the Tanzanian missions are Department of Peacekeeping Operations missions, rather than Department of Political Affairs 'special political' missions; that's about the only effective distinction at the moment. Buckshot06 (talk) 21:44, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You should buck up about what "access date" means. It means the last time the source was accessed by an editor and determined to still exist and support the text. Yes, you exercise ownership of virtually every article you edit. Do you need diffs? AfricaTanz (talk) 23:42, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]