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Sri Lanka Army Order Of Precedence
For the purposes of parading, the regular army & the volunteer force of the Sri Lanka Army is listed according to an order of precedence. * Sri Lanka Armoured Corps * Sri Lanka Artillery * Sri Lanka Engineers * Sri Lanka Signals Corps * Sri Lanka Light Infantry * Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment * Gemunu Watch * Gajaba Regiment * Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment * Mechanized Infantry Regiment * Commando Regiment * Special Forces Regiment * Military Intelligence Corps * Engineer Services Regiment * Sri Lanka Army Service Corps * Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps * Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps * Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers * Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police * Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps * Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps * Sri Lanka Army Corps of Agriculture and Livestock * Sri Lanka Rifle Corps * Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps * Sri Lanka National Guard The Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) is the largest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Army
The Sri Lanka Army (; ) is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel.The Military Balance 2024, p. 313 The Army Headquarters is situated in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte; Commander of the Army is the highest appointment in the army who commands the army and is assisted by the Chief of Staff of the Army and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army. The Commander-in-Chief of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the President of Sri Lanka, who heads the National Security Council through the Ministry of Defence, which is charged with formulating, executing defence policy and procurements for the armed forces. Background Pre Anuradhapura period to the Transitional period Repeated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engineer Services Regiment
The Corps of Engineer Services (CES) a regiment of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the Corps of Engineer Services is to design, construct and maintain all buildings, roads and associated facilities such as electricity, water supply and drainage systems used by the Sri Lanka Army, Apart from this, the Regiment is also responsible for the installation, maintenance and repair of all types of generators, water pumps, sewer pumps, desalination plants and other electrical appliances. It is made up of 6 regular units and 9 volunteer ( reserve) units and is headquartered at its Regiment Center at the Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda. History The role of the early Works Section was to maintain Army buildings and the Panagoda Cantonment when it was completed. The beginning was made in January 1950 when the first regular officer Capt M.L.D.A Perera was commissioned to fill the vacancy of the Garrison Engineer who was shortly due for additional training at the Royal School of Military Engineering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps
The Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps (SLAPC) is a pioneer reserve regiment of the Sri Lanka Army that specialized in CBRN defense management, defusing and disposal of bombs and land mines, demolition and underwater demolition, engineer reconnaissance, military engineering, jungle and trench warfare, raiding with small unit tactics to destroy enemy defensive structures, and route clearance. Established as manpower reserve to be utilized in times of strikes and union action to maintain the functionality of essential services and other state functions, other such units that existed then and has since been disband include the Post and Telegraph Signals (PTS) and the Ceylon Railway Engineer Corps (CREC). With the escalation of the Sri Lankan civil war the regiment has taken up combat duties. History The Ceylon Army Pioneer Corps was raised on 5 July 1959 with a large strength of 14,000 men. The unit is part of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, Volunteer Force and was based on the Ceylon P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Rifle Corps
The Sri Lanka Rifle Corps (SLRC) is a ( reserve) regiment of the Sri Lanka Army. It is made up of two volunteer ( reserve) 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. History The origins of the Rifle Corps can be traced back to the colonial era when the British planters in the central highlands of Ceylon formed a volunteer regiment called the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps in 1887 which was attached to the Ceylon Defence Force. This regiment was disbanded when the Ceylon Army was formed in 1949. In the 1980s the management of the many plantations called for the recreation of a volunteer Rifle Corps in the highlands. Due to these requests two battalions were raised in Pallekele and Neuchatel Estate Neboda on 15 February 1985 by Brigadier G. R. Jayasinghe, assisted by Lt-Colonel W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Army Corps Of Agriculture And Livestock
Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Assamese, Meitei ( Manipuri), Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, Balinese, Sundanese, Sinhalese, Thai, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Assamese, Punjabi, Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit, Pali, Khmer, and also among Philippine languages. It is usually transliterated as ''Sri'', ''Sree'', ''Shri'', ''Shiri'', ''Shree'', ''Si'', or ''Seri'' based on the local convention for transliteration. In Tamil it evolved to Tiru. The term is used in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia as a polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." in written and spoken language. "Shri" is also used as a title of veneration for deities or as honorific title for individuals. "Shri" is also an epithet for Hindu goddess Lakshmi, while a ''yantra'' or a mystical d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps
The Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps (SLAWC) is a corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The corps was raised on 1 September 1979. The regimental headquarters of this corps is at Borella, Colombo. Initially, members of this corps were employed in non-combat staff duties but later were employed in field duties. History The corps was created by the help of the British Army's Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) and 3 women were sent to Britain for eight months long officer training who returned to Sri Lanka in August 1979 after completion of training and were taken into the women's corps in November of the same year. Lieutenant Colonel A.W. Thambiraja who was later promoted to Brigadier was the first commanding officer of this corps and Lieutenant Colonel Kumudini Weerasekara was the first female commanding officer. Instructors from Britain's WRAC came to Sri Lanka in 1980 to train Sri Lankan females for women's corps and 10 women were trained into the Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa for one month, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps
The Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC) a corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The corps carries out much of the administrative work of the army. The role of the Corps is to provide logistic backing to Regular and Volunteer units by performing Financial/ Accounting Services, pay duties, legal services, running of agriculture projects and farms etc. Therefore, it is made up of Accountants, Legal Officers, Agriculture Offices, data processing officers and other ranks specialized in those fields. It is made up of a 3 regular units and 3 volunteer ( reserve) units and is headquartered at its Regiment Center at the Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda. Directorates and Branches *Directorate of Internal Audit *Directorate of Budget & Financial Management *Directorate of Pay & Records. *Directorate of Legal Services. * Army Band and cultural troupe. *Financial Management Branch. History The Ceylon Army General Service Corps was raised on 14 December 1951 with Lt. Col B.J Wijemanne, MBE, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
