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The Army Training School (ATS) ( Sinhala: යුද්ධ හමුදා පුහුණු පාසල, romanized: yuddha hamudā puhuṇu pāsala) is a unit of the Sri Lanka Army responsible for recruit training and unit training for infantry battalion. It is based in Maduruoya it was established in 1985 at the Panagoda Cantonment by the ...
Sri Lanka Army. The institutions under the Army Training Command that train officers and other ranks of the Sri Lanka Army are: Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදා විද්යාපීඨය) [ 1] - The Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa provides initial training ...
The Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) is situated at Batalanda, Makola (South) 12 Kilometers away from Colombo and its aim to develop the professional knowledge and understanding of experienced officers of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy & the Sri Lanka Air Force to prepare them for the ranks of junior field officers in the army and the respective ranks of the Navy and Air ...
The Sri Lanka Naval and Maritime Academy was established on 15 January 1967, and was subsequently commissioned on 15 July 1967 with Instructor Commander M. G. S. Perera as the first Commandant. NMA hold the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System Certification awarded by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution in 2007.
The professional head of the army is the Commander of the Army, at present Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage. [1] He is assisted by the Chief of Staff of the Army (Sri Lanka). [2] The Commandant of the Volunteer Force is head of the Army Volunteer Force and is responsible for the administration and recruitment of all reserve units and personnel.
The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of Sri Lanka's three armed services. Established as the Royal Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. The Army of approximately 255,000 regular and reserve personnel including 90,000 National Guardsmen and is responsible for overseeing land-based military and ...
The Sri Lanka Rifle Corps (SLRC) is a regiment of the Sri Lanka Army. It is made up of two volunteer battalions. It has been formed with personnel from the central highlands and the many plantations in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is the only regiment of the Sri Lanka Army that recruits its personnel from a particular geographical area.
The Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps (SLAOC) is a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the corps is the procurement, receipt, storage, accounting, maintenance, control, issue and disposal of ordnance stores. It is made up of seven regular ordnance battalions, three Base Depots, one volunteer ( reserve) ordnance battalion, and ...