SFHQ- West Celebrates Its Third Anniversary

Troops of the Security Force Headquarters West (SFHQ- West) marked their third anniversary with a series of programmes on the instructions of Major General Sudantha  Ranasinghe , Commander SFHQ- West  on Monday (16).

The Commander SFHQ- West was honoured in a Guard Turnout by the troops of Sri Lanka Engineers (SLE) at the entrance as a formality. Troop address and an all rank tea brought the morning session of the anniversary celebrations to an end.

Commencing the second segment of the event with a Dhamma sermon  (Dharmadeshana) at 7.00 p.m. conducted by Venerable Galigamuwe Gnanadeepa Thera, chief incumbent at Sri Sadaham Padanama - Athurugiriya, the Security Force Commander, all Officers and other ranks in the Headquarters attended the religious observances.

The SFHQ – West was established in early 1968 as a Brigade and subsequently it was renamed as the Western Command in 1971 and as the Support Force Command in 1980.

 Later it was reorganized as the 1 Division in 1988 and as the 11 Division in 1997. However, with the expansion of the Army, it was formed to be a Security Force Headquarters and named as the Security Force Headquarters - South.

Afterwards, the same SFHQ was renamed as the Security Force Headquarters - West on 15 Nov 2012.