8th Battalion Gemunu Watch troops in Kokadicholai under the Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) in coordination with the Sitakhe Mushroom Company at Divulapitiya, introduced an awareness programme for cultivation of mushrooms as a self-employment project for Kokadicholai civilians on Sunday (17). The programme, aimed at raising economic standards of the public .....jpg)
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Two more new houses, built by the funds of the Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) under the SVAB’s ongoing ‘150 House Construction Project’ in appreciation of the indelible service of the War Heroes, were vested in Ranaviru families during separate ceremonies at Hikkaduwa and Elpitiya on Wednesday (20). These two new houses were the 74th and 75th that were completed under the SVAB’s ongoing ‘150 House Construction Project’. 
The Army’s first-ever Inter Regiment Practical Pistol Firing Competition for officers took place at the Field Firing Range (FFR) at Diyatalawa during Feb 9-10. The Inter Regiment Practical Pistol Firing Competition saw its birth as a new project, introduced by the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya for the first time in the Army history of practical pistol firing.
613 Brigade troops in Tachchanamaradamadu, Palampiddy under the 61 Division of the Security Force Headquarters, Wanni recently received a new drinking water scheme. The new water scheme was commissioned by Major General Boniface Perera, Security Force Commander, Wanni when he visited the 613 Brigade Headquarters on Monday (18). 
Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army on Sunday (24) arrived in Ampara with the intention of evaluating how Army arrangements are in progress in connection with the forthcoming ‘Deyata Kirula-2013’ mega exhibition in March. Sri Lanka Army, as is the practice in previous years, is to put up more than 35 exhibition stalls in the 18-acre land extent, allotted solely to the Army by the organizers of the mega exhibition.
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“Write me as one that loves his fellow men” - Leigh Hunt (Poet & Essayist)
The unified sense of strong and genuine comradeship that prevails among all ranks in the Army came to the fore and paid its deserving dividends on Thursday (21) when 86 more disable War Heroes and spouses showed up at Army Headquarters to receive five-digit financial grants to build their........
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Sri Lanka Army, which has been in the practice of lending all possible assistance to various places of religious significance, offered its patronage to the sacred Deeghawapiya at Ampara once again on Monday (25) when the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, called at the temple.Sri Lanka Army, which has been in the practice of lending all possible assistance to various places of religious significance, offered its patronage to the sacred Deeghawapiya at Ampara once again on Monday (25) when the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, called at the temple. Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, who was in Ampara in the weekend to evaluate ongoing final touches of Army exhibits at the forthcoming ‘Deyata Kirula - 2013’ mega exhibition.....
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Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army on Sunday (24) arrived in Ampara with the intention of evaluating how Army arrangements are in progress in connection with the forthcoming ‘Deyata Kirula-2013’ mega exhibition in March. Sri Lanka Army, as is the practice in previous years, is to put up more than....
