Ahead of Saturday's (10) Passing out Parade (PoP) at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun where the Sri Lankan Army Chief were to be the Chief Guest, the visiting Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya and his spouse, Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya, President, Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB), took time off this afternoon (9) to interact with a few other events and observe social service projects, managed by the Indian Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA), the Sri Lankan counterpart, SVAB.
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During his visit to India on an invitation of the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army as the Reviewing Officer of the Passing Out Parade of the Indian Military Academy, the Commander of the Army visited 50(1) Para Brigade of the Indian Army in Agra. Brigadier A K Dhingra SM, the Commander of the 50(1) Para Brigade, received the Commander of the Army and briefed him on the status of readiness of his Brigade which is independent and self sustained...............
Lieutenant General Vijai Sharma, Commandant, Officer Training Academy (OTA) in Gaya, India, together with several OTA senior officers, extended a warm welcome to the Sri Lankan Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya on Wednesday (7) when the latter visited the OTA at the invitation of its Commandant.
The country’s most prestigious, Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, for the first time in its lifespan of over 78 years, honoured the Sri Lanka Army on Saturday (10) by inviting its Commander, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya as the Chief Guest of the Passing Out Parade (PoP) of the IMA. Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, as the first-ever Sri Lankan Army Commander to have been invited to the occasion as the Chief Guest, reviewed the PoP at the IMA......
A batch of 94 recruits who were trained at Gemunu Watch Training School Diyathalawa passed out after completion of their training recently (01). These soldiers folowed their course of basic training at Gemunu Watch Diyathalawa, joined the Special Forces in May this year. At the Passing Out Parade these lads showcased their newly learnt skills and talents in front of an audience full of distinguished guests, senior military officers.....
Cyclists representing the Sri Lanka Army in the “Tour De Sri Lanka Youth”, the mega cycling event of the year, organized by The National Youth Services Council clinched all first three places in the entire race. Lance Corporal Lakshman Wijerathne bagged the first place by finishing the 366 Km in 08:24:32 hours while second and third places were secured by Lance Corporal Dileepa Prabath and Private Sameera Chathuranga respectively.
General Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), who has arrived here together with a seven-member military delegation on a goodwill visit, called on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya Tuesday (13) morning at the Army Headquarters. A Guard of Honour, accorded by Sri Lanka Armoured Corps troops of the Sri Lanka Army on arrival at the Ministry of Defence grounds, greeted the visiting Chinese General to the Army Headquarters complex, in accordance with ceremonial military formalities.
