THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF UCC7, JCC 19 AND JSC 19

The Officer Career Development Centre is a prominent institution of SL Army which conducts career courses to groom and enhance military professionalism of Junior and Middle Grade Officers.

The military study package of the three particular courses focuses on War Fighting, Military Doctrine, Counterinsurgency Operations, Service Writing and Staff Procedure, Command and Staff Duties, Strategic Studies, Combat Service Support, OPS of War including Transitional Phases, Command and Decision Making, International Relations, Information and Communication Technology and English.

Apart from enriching themselves with Military knowledge, the student officers are given the opportunity to enhance their knowledge base under the guidance of well qualified intellectuals. Army Logistics and Maintenance, Unit Administration, International Humanitarian Law, Human Resource Management, Civil and Military Law, Disaster Management and Police Duties are some of the subjects which boosted their knowledge by the invited intellectuals during the course of study.

UCC 7, JCC 19 and JSC 19 were conducted as per the guidelines given by the Ministry of Health in relation with all the COVID 19 preventive measures with the supervision and the guidance of the commandant. After a comprehensive study period, the courses were terminated with a glamourous Graduation Ceremony on 9 October 2020 which was also held following strict health precautions due to the reawakening of Corona pandemic cases reported last few days.

This magnificent occasion was graced by the Commandant, the Deputy Commandant, the Chief Instructor, the Senior Instructors and other members of the permanent staff.

Major WPDN Abeyrathna SLSC placed the first in order of merit out of 23 officers of UCC 7, Major TSNK Peiris SLSC assured the first place out of 60 officers of JCC 19 and from JSC 19, Captain TK Ramasinghe SLSC secured the first place out of 53 officers showcasing an exceptional performance.

The Course End Mess Night was not taken place due to re-emerging of COVID 19 outbreak in the island as a precautionary principle.