Published on - 6/27/2006
MAJOR GENERAL DVSY KULATUNGE RSP USP ndc psc, Commandant Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Forces (SLAVF) has been appointed by the Commander of the Army to overlook duties of the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCoS), who was killed in the suicidal bomb explosion on Monday (26). In addition to the office of the DCoS, Major General Kulatunge is to overlook duties as Adjutant General until further notice.
Enlisted to the Army on 5th April 1973, he was commissioned to the rank of Second Lieutenant on 31st March 1974. Promoted to the ranks of Captain (1979), Major (1983), Lieutenant Colonel (1990), Colonel (1994), and Brigadier (1995) respectively, he served as Staff Officer, Officiating Commandant (ACSC) and areas in Vavuniya, Mannar, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Welioya and Anuradhapura before he was appointed as the Commandant, Regimental Centre, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps in 1994. After he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier in 1995, he was appointed as Deputy General Officer Commanding in 21, 55, 11 and 52 Divisions in Pompemadu, Mirusivil, Panagoda and Varani areas respectively.
Having received his promotion as Major General in 2001, he was posted to the office of the General Officer Commanding for 52 Division in Varani before he was appointed the Security Coordinating Officer at the Presidential Security Unit. Major General Kulatunge served a brief period as Deputy Commander, Security Forces Headquarters in Jaffna in 2004. On 3rd January 2005 he was appointed as General Officer Commanding for 22 Division in Trincomalee. Major General Kulatunge, who has followed several overseas courses in India, Bangladesh, USA and Pakistan, was appointed Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Forces (SLAVF) on 6th January 2006. He has been serving the SLAVF until he relinquished his duties to take over the DCoS appointment.
