Trained 289 Recruits Pass Out from Ipalogama Training School

Two hundred and eighty-nine new recruits who recently joined the Sri Lanka Army for engineering services passed out on Saturday (30) at 11 Sri Lanka Artillery (SLA) Regiment grounds in Anuradhapura during a formal parade upon completion of the six-month long basic recruit training course of the Ipalogama Recruit Training School.

The military formalities and the ceremonial Passing out Parade (PoP) assumed the form of a cultural pageant, coloured by displays of physical training, band playing, taekwondo, etc amidst a large gathering of parents, relatives and friends.

Brigadier K.D.C.G.J Thilakarathne, General Officer Commnding, 61 Division Headquarters took part in the ceremony as the Chief Guest.

Private W.S.M.A Priyantha received the trophy for the Best Shooter and Private H.A.N.M Herath was named as the Fittest Recruit of the course. Private D.M.N.S Dawundasekara clinched the trophy for the Best All Rounder.

The ceremony also distributed saplings among 289 recruits to suit the Army Commander’s green concept, ‘Haritha Sebala’ and all of them took an oath at the same time that they would take care of those saplings until they are fully grown as a component in their military career. The oath was also read out in the presence of everyone by the day’s Chief Guest.