Army Troops Help Ground Preparation for Children's Park
Troops attached to the 211 Brigade in Vavuniya in cooperation with Alliance Development Trust prepared a Children’s Park for students at Vavuniya - Salambakulam Al Aksha Vidyalaya. Army troops serving 211 Brigade provided labour for ground preparations and other beautification work of the park, a long-felt need of those school students. The cerermony in this connection took place at the new park venue with the participation of Brigadier P.M.S.A. Pallemulla, 211 Brigade Commander....
Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army, now in Pakistan at the request of his Pakistan’s counterpart, had the rare chance of visiting the Pakistan Ordnance Factory complex in Rawalpindi, industrial town of Wah Cantonment with 14 big factories, which produce requirements of land forces. It is the largest defence industrial complex under the Ministry of Defence in Pakistan that produces a wide range of conventional arms and ammunition. With the amalgam of sophisticated technologies.....
The Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, currently visiting Pakistan on a six-day tour, at the invitation of his Pakistan counterpart, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, arrived at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) in Peshwar on Tuesday (3) to be received warmly by its Commandant Major General Mazhar Jamil and Senior Officers.
Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army, now in Pakistan at the request of his Pakistan’s counterpart, was privileged to walk down memory lane on Wednesday (4) when he was invited to be the Chief Guest at a special get-together where he would meet his former course mates at Pakistan’s School of Armour and Mechanized Warfare (SA & MW) at Nowshera cantonment in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
Major General L.B.R. Mark, Commander, Security Forces Headquarters, Mullaitivu (SFHQ-MLT) recently handed over the ownership of a new house, built by the Army on behalf of a needy family at Alampil, Mullaitivu. The construction of the house, sponsored by General Officer Commanding, 59 Division, Brigadier G.R.H. Dias.....
Members of the Army serving 61 Division area under Security Forces Headquarters, Wanni (SFHQ - W) in close cooperation with civilians in the area, held a Sinhala-Hindu New Year festival at 61 Division playground on Wednesday (04). Marathon and cross country races, greasy pole climb, cadjan weaving, hurdle races, eye spotting, bun eating, selection of New Year prince and princess, fancy dress, tug of war, etc, stole the day’s show.
Differently able War Heroes, who excelled in the Army-managed apparel industry after injuries sustained in the battlefield, received an inspirational moral boost when their contribution to the growth of the novel industry was lauded and felicitated on Thursday (5) during a glittering ceremony at Maharagama National Youth Services Council auditorium..jpg)
Year 2012’s ‘Rana Aruna Udana’ New Year fair, organized by the Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) for the noble objective of raising much-needed funds for rehabilitation of disable War Heroes and welfare of their families and serving personnel’s families was opened to the public Saturday (7) morning at Panagoda Army school grounds. Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army at the invitation of Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya, President, SVAB ceremonially opened it after buying a few essentials from a several stalls in the fair.
