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The Special Forces Regiment (SF) (Sinhala: විශේෂ බලකාය Visēsha Balakāya;) is a special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Army.Founded in 1986 as a combat tracker team, it was established as a regiment in 1988, and later expanded into a brigade.
Notable Military personnel of Sri Lanka This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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 Livestocks; Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps
Sri Lankan Special Task Force officers (1 P) Pages in category "Special forces of Sri Lanka" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
General Hamilton Wanasinghe - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1988-91. [7] General Cecil Waidyaratne - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1991-93. [8] General G. H. de Silva - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1994-96. [9] General Rohan Daluwatte - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1996-98. [10]
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 ...
Sri Lanka Light Infantry: Later Major General Channa Weerasuriya was appointed as Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka army. Major General Sujeewa Senarath Yapa: 14 December 2022: 8 June 2023: Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment: Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe: 8 June 2023: 14 July 2023: Sri Lanka Artillery
The Army Headquarters, situated in Sri Jayawardenepura is the main administrative and the operational headquarters of the Sri Lanka Army. Organized and controlled by the Army General Staff at Army HQ, various formations are raised from time to time to suit various security requirements and operation in the country and overseas.