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The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy was established in 1980 by the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy Act, No. 68 of 1981 as the joint defence service training institute of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force undergo academic training together ...
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 for all regular ...
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.
However, a few selected Student Officers from the Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force too were trained on Army Command and Staff aspects from ACSC Course No 1 onwards. During the 9 years of ACSC (1998-2006), the College produced 253 graduates, of whom 207 were from the Army, 22 were from the Navy, 21 from the Air Force and one from the Police.
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 ...
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 Volunteer Force Training School Diyatalawa ( VFTS Diyatalawa) is the primary training facility for the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force. Traditionally, training of the Ceylon Defence Force took place at Diyatalawa Garrison with the annual training camp becoming a regular fixture. This practice continued after the formation of the Ceylon Army ...
Sri Lanka School of Military Engineering is located at Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka. Established as the Ceylon School of Military Engineering in 1958 by the Ceylon Army it provides a wide range of training for the Sri Lanka Engineers including combat engineering, bomb disposal and heavy plant operations. Training. Field engineer courses I, II, III
Training establishments of the Sri Lanka Army (6 P) Pages in category "Military education and training in Sri Lanka" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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.