61 Division’s New GOC Takes over Duties

Major General Udaya Herath assumed duties as 17th General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 61 Division of the Security Force HQ-West on 14 November during a simple ceremony at the Divisional Headquarters in Boossa. At the entrance, the incoming GOC reviewed...

SFHQ - Jaffna Facilitates Students’ Visit to Airport

The Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna as one more civil - oriented gesture facilitated the visit of 40 school students and their parents to Palaly Airport in Jaffna on Saturday (12). Those students and 39 parents of J/Madihe Pannaseeh Vidyalayam...

33 Qualified in LRP Course No - 22 Receive Badges

Three Officers and thirty Other Ranks of the Special Forces (SF) Regiment who had successfully completed the nine month-long ‘Long Range Patrol’ (LRP) Course No - 22 in the 3 SF Jungle Training Base at Pirappamadu, Vavuniya received their badges of...

MIR’s Housing Project for Soldiers Opens Two More Houses

The Mechanized Infantry Regiment’s (MIR) treasured project for construction of five new houses for deserving soldiers of MIR battalions resulted in completion of two more houses in Diyabeduma and Galgamuwa. A Senior Non Commissioned...

UK Defence Academy Commandant Calls at DSCSC

Major General A.M Roe CB, Chief Executive and Commandant, Defence Academy of the UK, along with a delegation called at the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) - Sapugaskanda and met the DSCSC Commandant, Major General...

Mannar Troops Arrest Suspect with ‘ICE’

Troops of the Military Intelligence Corps and 11 Sri Lanka Artillery of the 54 Division in Mannar detected 25 gms of ICE (Cristal Methamphetamine) at the Mannar roadblock this morning (14). During a snap roadblock check, this packet of ICE, kept hidden by...

Soldiers Buy Pre-School Needs for Kids in Maruthankerny

10 Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) troops of the 553 Infantry Brigade under the 55 Infantry Division of the Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna, extending the Army’s helping hand towards deserving kids at Valluwar pre-school in...

Nutrients Given to Pregnant Women by 12 GW Troops in Aralaganwila

12 Gemunu Watch (GW) troops of the Security Force Headquarters - East under the guidelines given by the Commander, Security Forces - East, Major General Priyantha Jayawardena organized a distribution of dry ration packs to 50 deserving pregnant...

Logistic Commander Discusses Admin Matters in the East

Major General Indu Samarakoon, Commander Logistics and Colonel Commandant of Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (SLEME) made formal visits to all units under command to the Forward Maintenance Area-East (FMA-E) on Wednesday (9).

SLE Remembers Fallen Heroes During Anniversary Commemoration

The Sri Lanka Engineers (SLE), raised in 1951 marked its 71st Anniversary on 09 November 2022, giving pride of place to the memory of fallen SLE war heroes in a floral wreath-laying and a series of other activities at the...