Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
A PROTEST campaign was held in Canada on Saturday against the LTTE’s atrocities and also thanking the Canadian government for taking action against the Tamil Tigers in Canada.
MULLATTIVU: HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS that continue in WANNI region were further supported this morning (27) at about 6.10 a.m. when Air Force fighter craft shelled one more Tiger base in PIRAPPUVEDDUVAN, about 10 km north of ODDUSUDAN, MULLATTIVU where the terrorists train their special force cadres.
Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General L. P Balagalle after an illustrious career of nearly forty years of military service in the Sri Lanka Army relinquishes his duties as the 16th Commander of the Army on 30 June 2004. In his formal farewell speech delivered on Monday (28) afternoon at the Army Headquarters, retiring Lt. Gen Balagalle commended all his Senior Officers for the remarkable and marvellous cooperation extended to him during his tenure of office.
Exchange of tokens of goodwill, greetings and warm embraces, consequential to the formal closing sessions of the Multinational Platoon Exercise (MPE-3) \"Sama Gamana\" at Kukuleganga on Sunday (27), went down in the annals of the Sri Lanka Army in terms of its significance since it was the first ever UN sponsored mega exercise to take place in Sri Lanka.
A GROUP OF PATRIOTIC people in Horana area headed by Mr. Vidura Wickramanayake, son of Hon Prime Minister, donated a large stock of necessary items to Victory Army hospital in Anuradhapura last week. Essential items for daily personal to be distributed among hospital inmates, biscuits and milk powder were some of the items delivered to the hospital. The donation was handed over by Mr. Wickramanayake to Major General A.S.M. Zaheer, Commander Forward Maintenance Area – North central on behalf of Commander Security Forces – Wanni Major General Jagath Jayasuriya.
COMMANDER OF THE ARMY Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, accompanied by a few Senior Officers of the Army Headquarters, flew to Yala Saturday (28) morning in a bid to review the security situation in the area.
SECURITY FORCES Headquarters Jaffna (SFHQ-J) repeated its awareness programmes on human rights concerns among Security Forces officers serving the peninsula during a recent two-day long seminar. Sessions largely centred on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (IHL & HR).
Hundreds of soldiers, attached to the Army Headquarters, Colombo on Wednesday (28) joined hands together for a Shramadana campaign to help eradicate fast spreading dengue epidemic in the country.
Motor Sports fever among soldiers is fast on the increase and this time it is the Talduwa Rally Cross, organized by Sri Lanka Army Motor Sports Committee in association with Motor Racing Association and Sri Lanka Racing Riders Association. The grand event will be held between 21-22 August 2004 at Talduwa Kelani Valley Club premises at Avisawella for the fourth successive year, it was announced at a Press briefing at Regimental Headquarters, Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on Wednesday (28) afternoon.