SLSC Troops Bid Farewell to Retiring Chief Signal Officer

Sri Lanka Signal Corps (SLSC) troops bade farewell to retiring Major General K.A.W.S Ratnayake ndu, Chief Signal Officer and Colonel Commandant of SLSC in a formal ceremony on Sunday (31 Dec) at the SLSC Regimental HQ, Panagoda.

Arriving Senior Officer was warmly welcomed by Brigadier S.J.K.D Jayawardena USP psc, Centre Commandant of SLSC and was greeted with a Guard Turnout at the main entrance. Subsequently, he was invited to pay a flora tribute to SLSC War Heroes’ Monument and was ushered to the parade square to receive the honour of a ceremonial Guard of Honour presented by the SLSC troops.

Afterwards, he posed for a few group photographs with all Officers and took part in a tea arrangement at the Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess before he participated in an All-Ranks lunch where he addressed the troops.

Later on, he symbolically handed over the Colonel Commandant’s cane to the incoming Colonel Commandant Major General I.H.M.R.K Herath USP ndc psc at the Colonel Commandant’s Office and penned down some complimentary remarks on the visitor’s book. Soon after, a street lining bade farewell to the retiring Senior Officer.

As dusk fell, a traditional Mess Night was hosted in the name of the retiring Major General K.A.W.S Ratnayake ndu at the SLSC Officers’ Mess. Senior Officers, Officers and Other Ranks also took part in those series of events.