Commander Extends Greetings to New SF Graduates at Maduru Oya
After successful completion of the ‘Basic Course - No 44’ of the Army’s elite Special Forces (SF), a total of 10 officers and 183 other rankers passed out Saturday (18) morning during a glittering ceremony at Maduru Oya SF Training School grounds. The participation of the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya as the Chief Guest, added further colour and dignity to the occasion, coloured by parachute jumps, sky diving, displays of unarmed combat, taekwondo..... |
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The 15th Army Para Games - 2012 saw its ceremonial culmination Thursday (16) evening at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, instilling a new glimmer of hope among more than 1000 differently able War Heroes who showcased their unbeatable sport skills in the past three days.
Late Major General D.R.A.B Jayatilake, Commandant Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) amidst a sea of his workmates, associates, officers and all rankers bade adieu to Sri Lanka Army and Mother Lanka Monday (20) evening at Kandy Mahaiyawa General cemetery with full military honours. Major General D.R.A.B Jayatilake passed away on......
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) organized two-day International Symposium - 2012 on the theme ‘Ensuring National Security through Reconciliation and Sustainable Development’ was inaugurated this morning (22) by Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary Defence and Urban Development who graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The annual symposium...... 
More than 50 placard-carrying civilians with a memorandum, containing more than 200 signatories, staged a protest close to the Vadamarachchi South, demanding re-establishment of the recently-removed Kallikai Army point at Karaveddy, Jaffna. Those civilians in the memorandum, submitted to the nearest 521 Brigade Headquarters, commanded by Colonel Tikiri Dissanayake....
After successful completion of the ‘Basic Course - No 44’ of the Army’s elite Special Forces (SF), a total of 10 officers and 183 other rankers passed out Saturday (18) morning during a glittering ceremony at Maduru Oya SF Training School grounds. The participation of the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya as the Chief Guest..............
More than 200 Army soldiers by Saturday (18), effectively brought a raging wildfire in Peduruthuduwani-Manalkadu areas without letting it spread further. Troops dug drains around the area where the fire was raging and simultaneously pruned trees and branches that were in contact with affected areas.
In the event of any future national disasters or catastrophes in the country, the Sri Lanka Army, is well geared to rapidly deploy separate professionally trained 25 Search and Rescue Teams (SRT) at a short notice. A successful two-day training workshop, conducted with the assistance of the government’s Disaster Management Centre, qualified leaders in those 25 SRTs....
Soldiers serving Brigades and Units in the 59 Division Headquarters met together in a recent two-day cricket tournament, organized by Brigadier G.R.H Dias, General Officer Commanding, 59 Division. The tournament kicked off in the 59 Division Headquarters ground in the presence of Brigadier C.M.E Chandrasekara, Commander, Forward Maintenance Area, Brigadier G.R.H Dias.....
During a simple ceremony, the Point Pedro (PPD) fishing harbour, hitherto remained under the Security Forces Headquarters, Jaffna (SFHQ-J) on security reasons was recently reopened to the fisher folk, to suit the government’s policy of removing restrictions on public places and economic targets. Accordingly, hundreds of fishermen would be able to recommence fishing activities.....