17 officers and 158 other ranks who successfully completed the Special Infantry Operations (SIO) course at the Maduruoya Army Training School, passed out in a colourful ceremony on Sunday (13). At the invitation of Brigadier L.A.N.S Wanigasinghe, Commandant, Army Training School, Maduruoya, Major General K.C Gunawardena, General Officer Commanding, 58 Division, attended the ceremony as the Chief Guest. 
The Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) at Diyatalawa, to be in line with the visionary thinking of the Commander of the Army who encourages specific training institutes to document historic accounts as much as possible for the benefit of budding officers, saw one of its theses on the salubrious Diyatalawa and its surroundings, release as the book, ‘Battle of Randeniwela’ during a recent ceremony at the SLMA’s Colonel Fazly Laphir Memorial Auditorium..jpg)
Recent deployment of random ‘surveillance team’ of the Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police (SLCMP), intent on curbing any irregularities, corruption and malpractices and minimizing wastages or abuse if any, taking place in military formations, consequent upon strict directives, given by Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Army himself, arrested a few soldiers, attempting to sell off a stock of rice and other dry rations of a camp to an outside trader in Gelioya, Gampola....
Secretary Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared open the new Welioya Headquarters of the Civil Defence Force in Galkulama, Welioya yesterday (18th July). Mr. Rajapaksa unveiled a commemorative plaque there and later opened the shrine room. He planted a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhiya in the premises. Inaugurating a new pre-school built there. Secretary Defence officially.....
The 21 - km long marathon event in the ongoing Defence Services Games - 2014 (DSG) that drew attention of all tri service sportsmen, added one more feather to the shining Army athletic records on Sunday (20) when Corporal G.K.K.S.V Gunasekara won the first place (men’s category) after beating more than 100 rivals.
At the request of senior citizens at Selwapuram village in Mullaithivu, Major General Jagath Dias, Commander, Security Force Headquarters - Mullaithivu (SFHQ-MLT) together with 591 Brigade troops of the 59 Division of SFHQ-MLT donated dry ration packs to needy people at Selwapuram on Friday (18). Brigadier N.A.P.C Napagoda, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 59 Division......
Two hundred and thirty one dry ration packs were donated to the families in Weherathenna village by ‘Success’ (Jayagrahanaya) Organization on the request of Brigadier K.G.D Perera, General Officer Commanding, 62 Division at 26 Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) Headquarters premises in Weheratenna on Friday (18).
Troops serving units under command to different Brigades and Divisions of the Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) conducted more community programmes on the directions of Major General Lal Perera, Commander, SFHQ-E for the benefit of general public living in those areas. 12 Sri Lanka Artillery troops organized a ‘Shramadana’ campaign to clear the surrounding of the Methodist pre-school at Koralaipattu area on Monday (14) as part of this Currently work.
To make the ongoing computer courses more effective at the Security Force Headquarters East (SFHQ-E), Orient Academy donated two more computers to Major General Lal Perera, Commander, SFHQ-E at SFHQ-E premises on Wednesday (16). The donation was coordinated by Mr. Kapila Gamage, chief operating officer and in charge.......
The second phase of the English course for officers of the SFHQ-E commenced on Wednesday (6) on the directions of Major General Lal Perera, Commander, Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) at the SFHQ-E auditorium. 
