Buttala OCDC First Anniversary Marked with Mammoth Two-Day Long Topical Seminar
The first birth anniversary of the Army’s newest seat of scholarship, the Officer Career Development Centre (OCDC) at Buttala was marked in a fitting ceremony on Wednesday (January 16) with the inauguration of its first-ever mammoth seminar that discusses ‘Challenges and Prospects of Deployment of Security Forces in Post-Conflict Nation Building in View of National Security Priorities as Against Publicity’ for two consecutive days.
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Kankasanthurai, Mailady based Army’s newest ‘Yoghurt’ production center saw its ceremonial birth on Monday (14), thereby saving a fair chunk of expenditure that can be used for erection of wellness resorts for disable War Heroes in the Army. Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army at the invitation of Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Commander.........
Major General Boniface Perera, Commander, Security Forces Headquarters, Wanni (SFHQ-W) recently made a formal visit to the 561 Brigade Headquarters and areas coming under it. During the visit, Major General Perera spoke to the troops serving the headquarters and planted a tree sapling before he visited the Kanagarayankulam Sri Sambudda Viharaya.
As one more humanitarian project, to raise educational standards of the children living in Mullaittivu, Kuruvil village area, the Security Forces Headquarters, Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) set up a pre-school for kids on the directions of the Major General L.B.R Mark, Commander SFHQ-MLT. Major General K.J. Wijethilaka, General Officer Commanding, 68 Division unveiled the......
Cricketers of the 6 Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC) during the recent inter battalion softball cricket tournament emerged winners to carry the championship trophy. The tournament, conducted by the Security Forces Headquarters, East (SFHQ-E) gave the runners-up slot to the 8 Gemunu Watch cricketers.
School accessories and sports items, donated by Udahamulla Lions Club-306 C2 to the 61 Division Headquarters, Vellankulam under the Security Forces Headquarters-Wanni (SFHQ-W), were distributed among 201 students and 31 teachers on Tuesday (15) during a ceremony at 26 Sri Lanka Light Infantry camp at Periyamadu. Those students from Periyamadu, Thachchanamaradamadu, Kirisuddan and Palampiddi schools as well as 18 kids.....
Troops serving the Security Forces Headquarters-West (SFHQ-West) provided meals to flood-affected Walpolakanda North displaced people, now housed at Walpolakanda Poshanaramaya in Kurunegala district. A total of 54 people of 17 families affected badly with landslides and floods in Walpolakanda North thus received meals on the instructions of the 143 Brigade headquarters.
A stock of fishing nets, donated by the north based ‘Friends’, a non governmental organization were distributed among newly-resettled civilians in Senthankulam, Naguleshwaram fishing hamlets. Troops of the 515 Brigade at Kankasanthurai organized the distribution of those 17 fishing nets, each worth about Rs 35,000/= among members of the fishing community..jpg)
An all-night Pirith chanting ceremony at 52 Division Headquarters, Varani, Jaffna invoked blessings on the New Year during a recent special ceremony. Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Commander, Security Forces Headquarters-Jaffna (SFHQ-J) attended the ceremony as the Chief Guest. 15 members of the Maha Sangha................
A group of 39 trainee cadet officers at Diyatalawa Sri Lanka Military Academy visited the Security Forces Headquarters, Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) on a familiarization tour on Thursday (17). Those student officers were enlightened on the roles and responsibilities of a SFHQ during this visit. Senior officers were associated with the arrangement. 