GRADUATION DINNER NIGHT AT ARMY WAR COLLEGE FACINATES THE PARTICIPANTS

Integrated with the Graduation Ceremony 2023, the Army War College (AWC) Buttala facilitated the student officers graduated with SCC, JCC and JSC with a fascinating Graduation Dinner Night recently held at the AWC Officers’ Mess. A total number of 151 officers comprising of 109 student officers of all 3 courses along with 42 faculty members and the attended the graduation dinner. Brigadier UKDDP Udugama RWP RSP USP ndc psc, the Commandant AWC attended the occasion as the Chief Guest. Whilst delivering his graduation speech, he emphasized importance of culminating a ceremony in this caliber with a dinner night that was exceptionally filled with the conduct of traditional devil dancers thus maintaining the military standards. Further, he stressed that holding of the graduation dinner had previously been halted a few years due to the COVID 19 pandemic situation.

The Graduation Dinner Night not only added extra glamour by fascinating the graduation ceremony with unprecedented live display of traditional devil dancers but also boosted the revitalization of age-old military tradition. The ‘Graduation Dinner Night’ culminated the day's programme on a high note proposing ‘toast’ by the graduating students, signifying the conclusion.