Sri Lanka Armed Forces Training Institutions

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The Sri Lankan Armed Forces have established numerous academies and staff colleges across Sri Lanka for the purpose of training professional soldiers in military sciences, warfare command and strategy, and associated technologies.

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Ministry of Defense

Several education and military establishments come under the direct preview of the Ministry of Defence and admit members of the armed forces, police and civilians.

Kotelawala Defence University : The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) (Sinhala: ජෙනරාල් සර් ජෝන් කොතලාවල ආරක්ෂක විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය), Ratmalana was founded in 1981 as the Kotelawala Defence Academy to conduct bachelor's degree programs for military cadets from all three services. It has since expanded to include post graduate studies and admits both armed forces personal and civilians.

National Defence College : The National Defence College, Colombo (NDC), established in 2020 is the highest level of strategic training for senior officers of the armed forces, police and civil servants.

Defence Services Command and Staff College : The Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) (Sinhala: ආරක්ෂක සේවා අණ හා මාණ්ඩලික විද්‍යාලය), Makola, established on 1 January 1997 as the Sri Lanka Army Command and Staff College serves as the principle staff college for the armed forces.

Language Training School: The Language Training School, Kotmale is the principle school of Languages for the armed forces.

Defence Services School : The Defence Services School, Colombo was established on 17 of January 2007 as a national school for the children of armed forces and police personnel.

Sri Lanka Army

The institutions under the Army Training Command that train officers and other ranks of the Sri Lanka Army are:

  1. Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA)(Sinhala : ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදා විද්‍යාපීඨය) [1] - The Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa provides initial training for all regular army officers.
  2. Officer Career Development Centre (OCDC)(Sinhala : නිලධාරි ප්‍රගමන ප්‍රවර්ධන මධ්‍යස්ථානය) [2] - The Officer Career Development Centre provides mid-career training officers.
  3. Army School of Logistics (ASL)(Sinhala : යුද්ධ හමුදා භට කාර්ය සම්පාදන විද්‍යාලය) [3] - The Army School of Logistics provides mid-career training for logistics officers.
  4. Volunteer Force Training School (VFTS) - Training for volunteer force personal
  5. Army Training School (ATS)(Sinhala : යුද්ධ හමුදා පුහුණු පාසල) [4]
  6. Infantry Training Centre (ITC)(Sinhala : පාබල පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථානය) [5]
  7. Combat Training School (CTS) [5]
  8. Army Physical Training School
  9. Marksmanship and Sniper Training School (MSTS)(Sinhala : ප්‍රගුණ හා සැඟවුණු වෙඩික්කරු පුහුණු පාසල) [5]
  10. Army Vocational Training Center
  11. Institute of Peace Support Operations Training (IPSOTSL)(Sinhala : ශ්‍රී ලංකා සාම සාධක මෙහෙයුම් පුහුණු ආයතනය) [6] - Training for United Nations peacekeeping.
  12. Army Physical Education Centre (Sinhala : යුද්ධ හමුදා ශාරීරික අධ්‍යන පුහුණු පාසල) [7]
  13. Commando Regiment Training School [8]
  14. Commando Regimental Special Warfare Training School [9]
  15. Special Forces Combat Diving Training School [10]
  16. Special Forces Training School [10]
  17. Special Forces Jungle Warfare Training School [10]

Sri Lanka Navy

The Sri Lanka Navy has numerous training establishments;

Sri Lanka Air Force

The Sri Lanka Air Force has numerous training establishments and units;

Training establishments

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General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) located at Kandawala, Ratmalana, Colombo, is the state defense university of Sri Lanka which is administered by the Ministry of Defense.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps</span> Military unit

The Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදා වෛද්‍ය බලකාය Shri Lanka Yuddha Hamuda Vayidya Balakaya) is a specialist corps in the Sri Lanka Army which specializes in military medicine and provides medical services to all army personnel and their families in war and in peace. It is made up of 4 regular units and one volunteer unit. Headquartered in Colombo, formally at army headquarters. The corps Cap badge depicting the Rod of Asclepius. General officers and senior officers of the SLMC wear gorget patches of maroon rather than of scarlet worn by other officers of similar rank.

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The Air Force Academy (AFA) is the Sri Lanka Air Force's training and education academy which provides initial training to all SLAF personnel who are preparing to be commissioned officers. AFA also provides initial training to Officer Cadets of the general duties pilot branch. The Air Force Academy is based at SLAF China Bay in Trincomalee. The Commandant of the academy is an officer of the rank of Air Commodore.

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The Army Training School (ATS) 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 Sri Lanka Light Infantry as the Recruit Training School under the command of Major A. K. Jayawardana SLLI.

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Sri Lanka Air Force Junior Command & Staff College is the Sri Lanka Air Force academic establishment providing training and education primarily to the mid-career officers of SLAF as well as to limited number of officers from Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Army and officers of various Allied forces. It is located at SLAF China Bay in Trincomalee and administrated by the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy.

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Air Marshal R. A. Udeni P. Rajapaksa RSP & two Bars, VSV, USP is a senior Sri Lanka Air Force officer and pilot currently serving as Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force since June 2023. Previously, he served as Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Director Air Operations, Base Commander SLAF Katunayake and Commandant of the Air Force Academy China Bay.

References

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  2. ↑ "International Accountability Network". alt.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  3. ↑ "ARMY SCHOOL OF LOGISTICS". alt.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  4. ↑ "Training Schools". alt.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  5. 1 2 3 "Sri Lanka Army Establishment | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  6. ↑ "OCDC - BUTHTHALA". alt.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka Army Physical Training School". alt.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  8. ↑ "Commando Regiment". alt.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  9. ↑ "Commando Regiment". alt.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  10. 1 2 3 "Training | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-09.

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