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29th July 2019 22:22:56 Hours

Commander Opens New SF Accommodation Building at Naula HQ & Reviews Construction Progress

Special Forces (SF) Regimental Headquarters at Naula, Matale whose construction work is now in full swing after it was moved out there in. August 2016 opened one more of its most wanted wings, the three-storied accommodation quarters building for Officers inside the premises, built jointly by 17 Corps of Engineer Service troops and Special Forces after inviting its Colonel of the Regiment, Special Forces, Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Commander of the Army as the Chief Guest on Monday (29).

The SF Centre Commandant Colonel Chandimal Peiris, together with several Senior Officers welcomed the visiting Commander of the Army and greeted him to a Guard Turnout as a formal salute before he was invited to unveil a plaque and join the milk pot boiling ritual inside the construction as religious observances got underway to invoke blessings. Members of the Maha Sangha chanted 'Seth Pirith' and blessed the project.

The Commander afterwards had a close look inside the new building and discussed enhancement of other facilities inside it before he moved out to inspect other constructions in progress and spoke to a cross section of SF Other Rankers and Non-Commissioned Officers, present at the location. He also reviewed the progress of multiple development projects, now underway in a separate conference, chaired by Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake.

He also planted a sapling in the premises as a symbol of memory in the premises and left a few lines in the SF Visitors' Book before he took leave of the Regimental HQ.

Brigadier Harendra Ranasinghe and several senior Officers, Council Members Officers and Other Ranks took part in the day's event.

The Special Forces evolved from the formation, initially known as the “Combat Tracker Team” in 1985 had two Officers and 38 men, skilled in small group operations which had the capability of operating deep in enemy territory before it was transformed to be a full-fledged regiment. bridgemedia | Nike Air Max 270