The main bulk of the PNGDF troops will be deployed between the 12th and the 15th of June.
The joint operations command anticipates the full contingent to be deployed come June 17.
Joint Operations Commander, Colonel Ezekia Wenzel, says the operations are scheduled to cater for a week ahead of the start of the polling period on June 24th, and a week after.
This is to ensure that all security aspects are catered to.
Initially, he says the confirmed number of troops on ground for the elections was 500, but adds that the defence will also have an additional 300 troops that will be deployed to support police commands near military establishments.
Places like Manus, Vanimo, Wewak, Kiunga and Daru will be catered for under this arrangement while another additional 300 troops will be on standby.
Wenzel says that would put about 1200 military troops taking part to support the RPNGC in the 2017 national elections.
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