ARMY WAR COLLEGE HOLDS THE GRADUATION CEREMONY 3/2024

The Graduation Ceremony of Army War College (AWC) Buttala, for the third trimester 2024, was held on 11 January 2025 at the AWC Auditorium. A total of 121 Officers comprising 36 Student Officers of Senior Command Course No. 12 together with 65 Student Officers of Junior Command Course No. 31 and 20 Student Officers of Junior Staff Course 27 on successful completion of respective courses, received the graduation from Brigadier T C M G S T Cooray RWP RSP USP ndc psc, the Commandant AWC who graced the occasion as the Chief Guest'.

The Student Officers who have shown exceptional academic excellence and secured the first, second and third places in order of merit in each course received the awards and certificates from the Chief Guest'.

Specially, during the graduation ceremony, Capt MD Touhidul Islam Touhid of Bangladesh Army, followed Junior Command Course 31 representing friendly foreign nations, was also awarded with a plaque as a token of appreciation for being a representative of his nation and sharing their cultural and moral values with their counterparts of Sri Lanka Army'.

The Deputy Commandant, Brigadier S A U A Solangaarachchi RSP ndc psc and the Chief Instructor (Overlooking), Col T H M D R M Peiris RSP psc, Lt Col LAN Liyanarachchi psc & Lt Col JDB Jayaweera RWP RSP psc gave away the certificates to the other Student Officers graduated during the ceremony. Towards the end of the Graduation Ceremony, the Commandant conveyed his warm wishes to all newly graduated officers while delivering the ‘Graduation Speech’ and inspired them to take over future challenges in the service. Further, he also urged them to continue learning and further elevate their standards as professional Officers of this constantly developing Army. All faculty members and Permanent Staff members attended the elegant function that is customarily held thrice a year.