2018-09-09 22:33:39
Troops of the 1 Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC), 8 Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) and 2 Sri Lanka Army Service Corps of the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) on the directions of the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake and the Commander, Security Forces - West (SF-West) Major General Sathyapriya Liyanage rushed to the coastal belt....
2018-09-09 22:29:22
The 4th day of the mock Field Training Exercise (FTX), 'Cormorant Strike' this morning (9) at Welikanda Railway Station launched a mock operation to demonstrate how two insurgents hiding in a train compartment were apprehended following intelligence received by the troops under training from an informant. For this, two Special....
2018-09-09 10:05:28
The 9th Field Training Exercise (FTX), 'Cormorant Strike' formally inducted on 6th September at the Infantry Training Centre (ITC) - Minneriya was joined by foreign participants and observers on Saturday (8) to listen to a comprehensive lecture on the FTX, conducted by the Exercise Commander, Major General Niyshshanka Ranawana, Commander, Security Forces - Kilinochchi (SF-KLN).
2018-09-07 20:58:14
Two Officers and 35 Other Ranks of the 14 Division and 11 Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) under command to the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) rushed to assist control of a sudden fire that erupted in a building under construction at Braybrooke Place, Colombo 2 this afternoon (7).
2018-09-06 22:26:27
One more land patch of 4.4 acres in total in the Valikamam North Divisional Secretariat area in Jaffna, hitherto used by the Army for service requirements was released to the respective school authorities and other stakeholders this morning (6) during a brief ceremony at Myliddy Town. A land patch of 2.75 acres, belonging to the Kalaimagal...
2018-09-06 22:22:57
The joint Tri-service Mega Field Training Exercise (FTX), 'Exercise - Cormorant Strike IX - 2018', one more notable annual project, organized by the Army for the 9th consecutive year with 2500 Army, 400 Sailors and 200 Airmen, including 100 foreign military participants and observers, will formally...
2018-09-05 22:34:43
A combined military band of Sri Lanka, making its distinguished debut in the International Military Music Festival, 'Spasskaya Tower' in Moscow, Russia for the first time in its history, showed its colours and was ranked the fourth in the festival having competed against more than 40 military bands....
2018-09-05 02:34:43
Recognizing leadership and positive thinking training capabilities of the Army, a large group of 1500 bank officers on Monday (3) joined six island-wide Army training centres in order to further enhance above said qualities further. Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Commander of the Army positively accommodating the request...
2018-09-04 21:18:07
Army Troops of the 14 Division of the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West), together with fire fighters of the Colombo Municipal Council and the members of the public in the area as of 8 p.m. on Tuesday (4) are busy to bring a mammoth fire that broke out in the Bloemendhal garbage...
2018-09-04 21:16:07
Approximately 200 troops from 141 Brigade, 142 Brigade, 581 Brigade, 582 Brigade and 583 Brigade of the 14 Division and 58 Division under the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) on the eve of the re-opening of public schools on Monday (3) visited a larger number of schools....
