New Director of Overseas Operations Assumes Office

04th November 2022 09:22:00 Hours

Brigadier P P A Perera Hdmc psc of Engineers Regiment assumed duties as the 7th Director in the Directorate of Overseas Operations at the Army Headquarters on Friday (4) November 2022.

4TH COMBAT CONVOY COMPANY WAS AWARDED ‘MINUSMA SECTOR EAST FOR EXCELLENT’ MEDAL FOR THE YEAR 2022

01st November 2022 16:07:00 Hours

Sri Lankan 4th Combat Convoy Company (CCC) employed at the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSMA) in Mali has received ‘MINUSMA SECTOR EAST FOR EXCELLENT’ medal for the year 2022 from Brigadier General Stefan Anderson the General Officer Commanding of Sector East Headquarters on Tuesday (01) November 2022 in appreciation of their dedicated professional service rendered towards the mission in Mali.

13TH UNIFIL TROOPS WON THE 3RD PLACE IN SUMMER VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT-2022

01st November 2022 12:05:25 Hours

The Annual Force Headquarters Summer Volleyball Tournament was organized by the Austria Peacekeepers at the Autlog Beach Volleyball ground on 15 and 16 October 2022.

MEDAL AWARDING CEREMONY OF THE SRI LANKA FORCE PROTECTION COMPANY AT UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON

05th October 2022 16:20:30 Hours

SRI LANKA ARMY 8TH CONTINGENT OF SRIMED LEVEL 2 HOSPITAL COMMEMORATES WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY

04th October 2022 12:09:17 Hours

In parallel to the world Children’s Day commemoration, a philanthropic programme was conducted by the Sri Lanka Army peacekeepers of 8th Contingent of SRIMED Level 2 Hospital in South Sudan on Tuesday (4) October 2022 at the IDP camp Bor, UNMISS compound.

8TH CONTINGENT OF SRIMED LEVEL 2 HOSPITAL IN SOUTH SUDAN AWARDED UN MEDALS

20th September 2022 12:27:01 Hours

The UN medal awarding ceremony in appraisal of the service rendered by the Sri Lanka peacekeepers of 8th Contingent of SRIMED Level 2 Hospital in South Sudan was held in a grand scale on Tuesday(20) September 2022 at the UNMISS-Bor compound.

13TH UNFIL TROOPS IN THE SRI LANKA ARMY WON 3RD PLACE IN TUG OF WAR TOURNAMENT

19th August 2022 18:44:40 Hours

With the aim of developing friendship among the nations and remembering the special occasions of the peacekeepers serving in Lebanon, a sports festival is organized by the UNIFIL Headquarters as an annual event.

FORCE COMMANDER IN MALI - MINUSMA APPRECIATES THE SRI LANKA 4TH COMBAT CONVOY COMPANY

16th July 2022 10:28:03 Hours

Sri Lanka Combat Convoy Company (CCC) has been engaging in convoy protection duties in Mali since the year 2017 as a request of the United Nations. During the last two months, the tendency of terrorist activities has increased and the peacekeeping groups of other countries have refused to participate in the convoy escort duties. Although, the Sri Lanka Combat Convoy Company was entrusted with the responsibility of the logistics convoy from Gao to Kidal from 04 July 2022 to 16 July 2022.

UNIFIL PEACEKEEPERS SWIMMING TOURNAMENT- 2022

27th May 2022 18:33:41 Hours

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Swimming Competition - 2022 was held on 27 May at the UNIFIL Swimming Pool, Naqoura. The competition commenced with an opening ceremony with the participation of UNIFIL Officials and the Battalion Commanders. The participants were from Sector -West, Sector - East and FHQSU battalions and the contingents as well as the Force Commander Reserve (FCR) and the Maritime Task Force (MTF). The Chief Guest was the Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo LA’ZARO SA’ENZ. The achievements of the Sri Lankan peacekeepers are as follows;

4th CCC Contingent for Mali for Departure on 2022.05.24

24th May 2022 14:26:22 Hours

One more contingent of 100 well-trained, meticulously-prepared and professionally-trained Army personnel in the Combat Convoy Company (CCC), designed to serve in the United Nations (UN) Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) left for Mali this evening (23) as the first group of the contingent of 243 troops, set to leave in stages.