Logistics Staff Course – No 3 Graduates Pass Out in Grand Ceremony

A group of 26 middle-grade Army officers, including one Nepalese officer and a Maldivian officer who followed the one-year long Logistics Staff Course - No 3 (LSC) at Trincomalee-based Army School of Logistics (ASL) received their graduation on Monday (22) during a simple ceremony at Colombo Defence Services College auditorium, headed by Lieutenant General Crisanthe De Silva, Commander of the Army as the Chief Guest.

The ceremony got to a start soon after the Chief Guest arrived at the premises to be received by the Commandant, ASL, Brigadier H.G.I Vidyananda, together with the Chief of Staff, Major General Mahesh Senanayake and a few more senior officers.

The ASL Course on Logistics covers a wide range of general staff duties, roles and tasks, rules and conventions of communication, both verbal and written, principles of administration, logistics at regimental levels, logistic operations, terms of logistics, practical alterations and change of modules, etc with the support of learned Army Officers and eminent scholars, drawn from state sector institutions, including the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU).

After the ASL Commandant welcomed the day’s Chief Guest, Lieutenant General Crisanthe De Silva, Commander of the Army, the proceedings for distribution of symbolic parchments containing degree certificates to all 26 graduates began, amid applause.

Another special feature of the occasion was the presentation of the two most prestigious ASL awards, dedicated to the ‘Best Logistic Planner’ and the ‘Best Overall Performance’ in the LSC – No 3. In a rare gesture, Major H.M.S.S Herath of Corps of Engineer Services (CES) carried away both those top awards for the second time in the history of the ASL.

In his speech to the occasion, Lieutenant General Crisanthe De Silva outlined the importance of following professional courses on Logistics and their application for the betterment of any organization. He also extended his best wishes to both foreign graduates for being part of the Course.

The Army School of Logistics (ASL), established in May 2011 unified all other training programmes on Logistics that were held at Panagoda Army Cantonment and elsewhere a few years ago.

The graduation ceremony was attended by Deputy Chief of Staff, Nepalese and Maldivian envoys serving in Colombo, KDU scholars and several other invitees of high profile.