ARROWHEAD CHALLENGE - 2025 COMBAT READINESS COMPETITION AND PRE-TRAINING MODULE

Considering being a part of greater than oneself as a profound duty, 53 Infantry Division (Reserve Strike Force) decided to improve the through potentiality of professionalism among the members serving under the banner, decided to conducting combat competition named as “Arrow Head” from 13th to 17 July 2025 in “Kaudulla and “Habarana” forest reserves. Competitor selection pre-training modules were conducted in two sessions with the assistance of training teams from Commando and Special Force regiments at Infantry Training Centre Minneriya. The sessions took place from 23rd June 2025 to 29th June 2025 and from 03rd July 2025 to 09th July 2025. These sessions included the active participation of two sections of troops under command, totaling 20 officers and 180 soldiers from under Command battalions of 53 Infantry Division. Specialized training related to patrolling, harboring, recce, tracking, offline navigation, clearing of IED and first aid were enumerated with practical sessions in these modules. After the pre- training, with the choice of selecting best section from battalions, competition will be set to commence with the guidance and approval of the C of A, with induce commitment and resourcing of Commander 1 CORPS and GOC 53 Inf div. This training module will set the bench mark of standard to be maintained by each men serving under the reserve strike force to maintain operational readiness to protect the motherland in and against any eventuality.