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Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal. The 75th Independence Day Commemoration Medal was a commemorative medal awarded to the servicepersons of all actively serving ranks (including those undergoing basic training) on 1 February 2023 in both the regular and volunteer forces in the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and officers of the National Cadet ...
Sri Lanka Army 50th Anniversary Medal. 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal. Ranjith Premasiri Madalana alias "Nero" was a decorated Sri Lanka Army sniper with 217 confirmed LTTE kills during the Sri Lankan Civil War. [1] He was killed on 28 April 2009, 20 days before the end of the conflict. [2]
Major General (abbreviated as Maj Gen) is a senior rank in the Sri Lanka Army, and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of major general.It is the second-highest active rank of the Sri Lanka Army while the Lieutenant General is the highest (the lieutenant general is the professional head of the army), and is considered to be equivalent to a two-star rank.
Lt Gen Parami Kulatunga. The Gemunu Watch (GW) ("King Dutugemunu's Own") is a infantry regiment of the Sri Lanka Army, formed with troops from the Ceylon Light Infantry and the Ceylon Sinha Regiment in 1962. It has been deployed in many major operations against the LTTE. It is made up of 14 regular units and 9 volunteer units.
General Shavendra Silva, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP ( Sinhala: ශවේන්ද්ර සිල්වා, Tamil: ஷவேந்திர சில்வா) is a Sri Lanka Army four star general who is the current Chief of Defence Staff, the head of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces serving from 1 January 2020. [1] He also served as the Commander ...
e. 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.
The Army War College (AWC) is a defence service training institution of the Sri Lanka Army located in Buttala, Monaragala District, Uva Province.The AWC provids command and staff courses for mid career commissioned officers of Sri Lanka Army as well as to limited number of officers from Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force and officers of various allied forces.
Rock House Army Camp. / 6.9642; 79.8683. Rock House Army Camp is a military base located at Modera, north of Colombo in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. [1] It serves as the regimental headquarters of the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps of Sri Lanka Army .