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23rd July 2024 05:45:12 Hours

Engineer Division’s New GOC Takes Over Duties

Major General T.C Peiris RSP USP, assumed duties as the 6th General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Sri Lanka Army Engineer Division on 18 July 2024 at the Mattegoda camp premises according to the military customs and traditions.

The newly appointed GOC was accorded with a Guard Turnout and a Guard of Honor by the troops of Engineer Division. Amidst of religious observances he placed his signature on an official document to mark the acceptance of his duties as the GOC of Engineer Division. Then he posed for a group photograph and planted a sapling to symbolize the occasion. In line with military formalities he addressed all Officers and Other Ranks followed by an All Ranks tea party.

Senior Officers, Officers and Other Ranks participated in the event.