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  2. Sri Lanka Army - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lanka Army ( SL Army) ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā yuddha hamudāva; Tamil: இலங்கை இராணுவம், romanized: Ilankai iraṇuvam) is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. Established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed ...

  3. Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna - Wikipedia

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    Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna ( SFHQ-J) is a regional command of the Sri Lanka Army, that is responsible for the operational deployment and command all army units stationed in and around the Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province . It is the most senior of the five Security Forces Headquarters and the General Officer Commanding it ...

  4. 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 Sri Lanka Army's training centre where officer cadets are trained for getting commission.

  5. 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 203,000 regular and reserve personnel including 73,000 National Guardsmen and is responsible for overseeing land-based military and ...

  6. Sri Lanka Artillery - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lanka Artillery ( SLA) is the artillery arm of the Sri Lanka Army. It is made up of ten regular regiments and two volunteer regiments. The SLA is headquartered at Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda. The emblem of the SLA is modeled after that used by the Royal Artillery, but with the lion from both the flag and emblem instead of the crown ...

  7. 55 Division (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    Commanders. Current. commander. Major General MKUP Gunarathna. The 55 Division is an elite division of the Sri Lanka Army. A principal offensive division it is currently deployed for combat operations in the Jaffna Peninsula and is under the command of Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna .

  8. Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. 58 Division (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    Major General WTWG Ihalage. The 58 Division is a division of the Sri Lanka Army formed in 2008, prior to which it was known as Task Force 1 from 2007 to 2009. A principal offensive division, it is currently deployed for combat operations in the Wanni region. [1] [2] The Special Forces Brigade has been attached to the division.