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The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C. is the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 3025 Whitehaven Street N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood. [1] As of May 2021, the current Ambassador is Ravinatha Pandukabhaya Aryasinha. [2]
Naval Headquarters (NHQ) is the headquarters of the Sri Lanka Navy. Established in 1950, it is housed at SLNS Parakrama at Flagstaff Street, Fort Colombo . [ 1 ]
Embassy of Sri Lanka, 3025 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC, United States: Nominator: The President of Sri Lanka: Term length: No fixed term: Inaugural holder: Sir Claude Corea: Formation: 29 October 1948; 76 years ago () Website: slembassyusa.org
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The Sri Lanka Navy set a medium-term fleet expansion goal targeting ten new vessels in its 'Sri Lanka Navy 2025' plan as part of its expansion of blue water operations. [ 65 ] According to the Maritime Doctrine of Sri Lanka (MDSL) published in 2020, the establishment of Naval Aviation consisting of helicopters and drones have been proposed and ...
Sri Lanka Marine Corps was founded by Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, the former Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. [8] and Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy. In 2016, Vice Admiral Wijegunaratne was able to take part in the US Pacific Command Amphibious Leaders Symposium in San Diego, California.
The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 saw the nation become a republic; the Dominion of Ceylon became the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. As with the other branches of the Ceylonese armed forces, the Royal Ceylon Volunteer Naval Force too underwent a rechristening, becoming the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force (SLVNF). [ 1 ]
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 ...