Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
The Special Task Force yesterday took full control of the LTTE Stanley Base in Kanchikudichchuaru which was used by the LTTE to launch major assaults on the STF in Ampara and to keep hundreds of LTTE child recruits.
The symbolic gesture of Flag Blessing, the prelude to forthcoming 54th anniversary celebrations of the Sri Lanka Army got underway at the most sacred Anuradhapura Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi premises this morning (1st October 2003), graced by Army Commander Lt. Gen L. P Balagalle and a representative gathering of Senior Officers of the Sri Lanka Army.
Religious ceremonies that were precursors of a series of activities to occur in connection with the forthcoming Army Day (10th October) and its 55th Anniversary got well under way at break of Friday (01) at Anuradhapura Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi premises where 260 flags of the Sri Lanka Army were blessed.
The Sri Lanka Army born towards the end of the Second World War and the dawn of independence to this island-nation, celebrates its 54th anniversary today (October 10) after evolving itself from a ceremonial outfit to a fully-fledged Army, now not at all second to any of the battle-hardened professional armies in the world.
The Sri Lanka Army, now poised to celebrate its 55th birthday to coincide with the Army Day (10th October) held a series of religious ceremonies to mark the event, a precursor of the main highlight today, 10th October 2004 at Army Headquarters.
SRI LANKA ARMY is 58 years old today (October 10, 2007). The annual Army Day (10th October) commemorative ceremonies get underway at the Army Headquarters throughout the whole day. (Detailed Report follows)
Sri Lanka Army’s Seva Vanitha Unit (ASVU), founded in 1984 with the express objective of promoting welfare measures of the soldiers as well as next of kin of the Fallen War Heroes, has to-date erected 161 houses and offered about 300 scholarships to sons and daughters of the Army\'s War Heroes.
The Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) of the Sri Lanka Army at a function held at Army Headquarters on Tuesday (14) morning awarded scholarships to twenty children of differently-able soldiers and one dead soldier.
A blood donation campaign plus a Shramadana (community work) to mark the Army Day (10th October) got under way in the Jaffna peninsula on Saturday (9) under the aegis of Commander, Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna Major General Sunil Tennekoon with the support of the General Officer Commanding of the 51 Division, Major General Lawrence Fernando and the Lions Club, Wattala.
Lt Gen S. H. S. Kottegoda, Commander of the Army on Thursday (14) flew to the Security Forces Headquarters, Wanni in order to see for himself how well his men get on with their duties in respective areas and what could further be done to promote their welfare interests.