4 GR Troops Complete their Battalion Training Course

4 Gajaba Regiment (GR) troops had their Battalion training course conducted at Battalion Training School, Pampemadhu from 10 October 2023 to 23 November 2023 with 08 Officers and 292 Other Ranks participating.

The curriculum in the course included lectures and practical sessions on map reading, counter-insurgency operations, internal security, fighting in built-up areas, live-firing, swimming, role and tasks and equipment of the Sri Lanka Air Force, introduction of Signal Equipment, introduction of Artillery guns, and field visits to 14 Sri Lanka Artillery and 2 Mechanized Infantry Regiment.

Further, a presentation on 'Riviresa Operation' was conducted by a team of 4 Gajaba Regiment at the end of the Battalion Training Course.

The closing remarks of the course were delivered by the Commander, Security Forces -Wanni. The General Officers Commanding, 54 Infantry Division and 56 Infantry Division, Brigadier General Staff of the Security Forces Headquarters -Wanni, Commander, 561 Infantry Brigade, Senior Officers, Officers, and Other Ranks. During the awarding ceremony, the following Officers and Other Ranks were awarded trophies:

Best Student – Major R.S.S Ranaweera RSP

Best Shooter – Infantryman T.K.M.G.D.M Cooray

Best in Physical - Corporal A.P.C Aththanayake

Best Company - B Company

Best platoon – First Platoon of B Company

Best Section – First Section of 2 Platoon, C Company