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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 farms etc.
The Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC) is a Combat Support corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the corps is to carry supplies to the soldier where he is, and run an efficient organization for the provision of transport, fuel, oil and lubricants [ 1 ] which are the 'life blood of an army’.
Sri Lanka Signals Corps (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Administrative corps of the Sri Lankan Army" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel.
Pages in category "Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps officers" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Service / branch: Sri Lanka Army: Years of service: 1966–1996: Rank: Major General: Unit: Sri Lanka Armoured Corps: Commands: 23 Division, 2 Division, Sri Lanka Military Academy: Battles / wars: 1971 Insurrection, Sri Lankan Civil War, Insurrection 1987-89: Awards: Rana Sura Padakkama, Uttama Seva Padakkama
1 Corps ("First Corps") is a field corps formation of the Sri Lanka Army.The Corps is headquartered at Kilinochchi in Northern Province.It was raised on 17 October 2021. It was formed with the amalgamation of the Reserve Strike Force, special forces units and the former Security Forces Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) creating the Army's First Strike Corps.
In March 2000, he was appointed General Officer Commanding of the 21 Division and was promoted to the rank of Major General on 1 February 2001. He then served as Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps from 2001 to 2003. Commander, Security Forces Headquarters – East from 2004 to 2005. He retired from the army in 2006.