In what could be considered as another gesture of reconciliation and fellowship, the Security Force Headquarters-Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT), offered its assistance for the conduct of funeral arrangements of a newly-recruited Tamil woman soldier’s brother who recently died following a terminal disease while under treatment at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
Troops of 62 Division under the Security Force Headquarters Wanni (SFHQ-W) distributed drinking water among drought victim belonging to 714 families in Ethawetunuwewa, Kalyanipura, Nikawewa, Monarawewa, Ehetugaswewa, Gajabapura, Weherathenna, Kambiliwewa, Konwewa, Kohombagaswewa and Weherawewa under the kind patronage of the SJMS Association on Tuesday (12)..jpg)
Troops of 11 Gajaba Regiment (GR) under 651 Brigade of 65 Division at Security Force Headquarters Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) organized a 2-day educational tour for pre-school students at Annei Thuresha pre-school, Kilinochchi during Sunday and Monday (10 & 11). This tour organized has been organized on the instructions of Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe, Commander................
The newly-appointed naval area commander to North Western area, Rear Admiral P.H.D De Silva paid a courtesy call on Major Genral Boniface Perera, Commander, Security Force Headquarters Wanni (SFHQ-W) at SFHQ-W premises, Vavuniya on Wednesday (13) at the SFHQ-W, Vavuniya.
One more training course for officers serving as Commanding Officers and Second in Command Officers under the Security Force Headquarters - Wanni (SFHQ-W) ended after a brief ceremony on Wednesday (13) at the SFHQ-W auditorium. ecturers who attended the training course included Major General Boniface Perera, Commander, SFHQ-W, Major General M.A.M Dias, Brigadier D.S Weerasekara.....jpg)
Conduct of the annual ‘Defence Seminar’ by the Army has benefited the defence establishment as well as the country in many ways and opened new avenues for close cooperation and exchange of our warfare experiences with foreign partners, most of who knew only a little about the conduct of humanitarian operations...........
A group of Buddhist monks, headed by Most Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha, Maha Nayaka Thero of Asgiriya Chapter and Ven. Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero of Colombo 07 Sri Sambodhi Viharaya chanted Vehi Pirith (chanting for rains) at Galviharaya, Polonnaruwa and conducted the distribution of a stock of relief items and water among drought-hit areas in Polonnaruwa on Wednesday (13).
On his way back from Nuwara Eliya after opening the first of its kind, High Altitude Training Centre atop Pidurutalaga for long running practices, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Army made a surprise visit to the Sri Lanka Military Academy Friday (15) evening in order to inquire into the well-being of newly recruited professionals of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) now under training..jpg)
Making its entry to a rather new sphere of sports that would boost endurance, mental harmony and physical fitness, ‘Indoor Rowing’ among Army personnel is fast gaining popularity, as witnessed on Saturday (16) for the third time at Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) during the Army Inter-Regiment Indoor Rowing Championship Tournament -2014.
