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2. Sri Lanka Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Sri Lanka Army - Wikipedia

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   As of 2024 the Sri Lanka Army had 150,000 personnel. [2] In 2023 the army had 200,783 personnel and the number was reduced to 150,000 in 2024. [2] In late 1987, the army had a total estimated strength of up to 40,000 troops, about evenly divided between regular army personnel and reservists on active duty.

4. Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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   Commander of the Army. Chief of Staff. Deputy Chief of Staff. Army ranks. v. t. e. The Commander of the Army ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ යුද්ධ හමුදාපති, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē yuddha hamudāpati) is the title of the professional head of the Sri Lanka Army. The current Commander of the Army is Lt ...

5. Sri Lanka Military Academy - Wikipedia

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   The Sri Lanka Military Academy (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදා විද්‍යාපීඨය, romanized: śrī laṁkā yuddha hamudā vidyāpīṭhaya) (SLMA or SLMA Diyatalawa), commonly known simply as Diyatalawa, is the oldest military academy in Sri Lanka, and trains commissioned officers for the Sri Lanka Army.

6. Sri Lanka Armed Forces Training Institutions - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Sri Lanka Navy - Wikipedia

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   The Sri Lanka Navy ( SLN) ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā nāvika hamudāva; Tamil: இலங்கை கடற்படை, romanized: Ilaṅkai kaṭaṟpaṭai) is the naval arm of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is classed as the country's most vital defence force due to ...

8. Army Training School (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

9. Defence Headquarters (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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   The Defence Headquarters Complex ( Sinhala: ආරක්ෂක හමුදා මුලස්ථානය, romanized: ārakshaka hamudā mūlasthānaya) is a complex of buildings currently under construction at Akuregoda, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte to house the Sri Lanka Armed Forces headquarters and offices of the Ministry of Defence .