Mock Operation at Welikanda Railway Station Catches Two Insurgents

The 4th day of the mock Field Training Exercise (FTX), 'Cormorant Strike' this morning (9) at Welikanda Railway Station launched a mock operation to demonstrate how two insurgents hiding in a train compartment were apprehended following intelligence received by the troops under training from an informant. For this, two Special....

Foreign Troops Formally Sign up for ‘Cormorant Strike' Mock FTX

The 9th Field Training Exercise (FTX), 'Cormorant Strike' formally inducted on 6th September at the Infantry Training Centre (ITC) - Minneriya was joined by foreign participants and observers on Saturday (8) to listen to a comprehensive lecture on the FTX, conducted by the Exercise Commander, Major General Niyshshanka Ranawana, Commander, Security Forces - Kilinochchi (SF-KLN).

West Troops Assist Douse Sudden Fire at Braybrooke Place

Two Officers and 35 Other Ranks of the 14 Division and 11 Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) under command to the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) rushed to assist control of a sudden fire that erupted in a building under construction at Braybrooke Place, Colombo 2 this afternoon (7).

4.4 Acres of Land Vested Back in Valikamam Civilians

One more land patch of 4.4 acres in total in the Valikamam North Divisional Secretariat area in Jaffna, hitherto used by the Army for service requirements was released to the respective school authorities and other stakeholders this morning (6) during a brief ceremony at Myliddy Town. A land patch of 2.75 acres, belonging to the Kalaimagal...

'Exercise - Cormorant Strike IX - 2018' Induction Ceremony in Minneriya Begins

The joint Tri-service Mega Field Training Exercise (FTX), 'Exercise - Cormorant Strike IX - 2018', one more notable annual project, organized by the Army for the 9th consecutive year with 2500 Army, 400 Sailors and 200 Airmen, including 100 foreign military participants and observers, will formally...

BOC Employees Undergo 'Army Leadership' Training

Recognizing leadership and positive thinking training capabilities of the Army, a large group of 1500 bank officers on Monday (3) joined six island-wide Army training centres in order to further enhance above said qualities further. Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Commander of the Army positively accommodating the request...

More than 100 Army Personnel Help Bring Bloemendhal Garbage Fire Under Control

Army Troops of the 14 Division of the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West), together with fire fighters of the Colombo Municipal Council and the members of the public in the area as of 8 p.m. on Tuesday (4) are busy to bring a mammoth fire that broke out in the Bloemendhal garbage...

Before School Re-opening SFHQ-West Troops Launch Dengue Prevention Clean-up

Approximately 200 troops from 141 Brigade, 142 Brigade, 581 Brigade, 582 Brigade and 583 Brigade of the 14 Division and 58 Division under the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) on the eve of the re-opening of public schools on Monday (3) visited a larger number of schools....

Brig Atapattu Assumes Mantle of Command in MIR as Colonel of the Regiment

Brigadier Sumith Atapattu during a simple ceremony, rich with military formalities assumed the mantle of command in the Mechanized Infantry Regiment (MIR) in Dambulla as its Colonel of the Regiment, on Monday (3). He succeeded Major General Kumudu Perera who relinquished...

Trincomalee RITTI Holds its First IT Certificates Awarding Ceremony

52 school students of all ethnicities who followed the maiden IT Course at the Ranviru Information Technology Training Institute (RITTI) in Clappenburg, Trincomalee, which was recently founded by the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake with the intention of proving IT knowledge to low-income students free of charge....