WAR COLLEGE WELCOMES NEW STUDENT OFFICERS FOR THE SECOND TRIMESTER OF THE YEAR

The Army War College commenced a set of courses in the second trimester for year 2024 with a short yet a notable opening session on 02 May 2024. Under three separate courses, namely Senior Command Course 11 (SCC), Junior Command Course 30 (JCC) and Junior Staff Course 26 (JSC), altogether 116 Student Officers comprising 2 Student Officers from frendly foreign countries, are supposed to follow the respective training Courses.

The SCC comprises of 33 Student Officers and the JCC is composed with 57 Student Officers including two Foreign Student Officers from Australia and Zambia Army. JSC comprises of 26 Officers.

While delivering the opening address, Major General Dinesh Udugama RWP RSP USP ndc psc, the Commandant, Army War College elaborated the importance and the validity of undergoing such courses for the career progression of junior, middle grade and senior Army Officers. He also noted that participants of student officers representing the armies and Defence Forces of friendly foreign nations in the world would enrich the learning environment and share experiences among their counterparts from different regiments of the Sri Lanka Army.

Deputy Commandant, Chief instructor, Senior Instructors, Members of the Faculty and the Permanent Staff also attended the opening ceremony held at the Main Auditorium.