OFFICERS TRAINING DAY FOR THE SECOND QUARTER - 2022 WAS CONDUCTED AT RHQ VIR

Under the patronage of Colonel of the Regiment of the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment, Major General Nishantha Manage, Officers Training Day for the Second Quarter - 2022 was concluded with the participation of 165 officers belong to the regiment at the Vijayabahu Infantry Regimental Centre on 29 April 2022 while adhering all the health precautions and guidelines stipulated to prevent COVID-19 outbreak.

As the day’s first session, a lecture on “Officer Career Progression and Newly Introduced Officers’ Evaluating System of Sri Lanka Army” was conducted at the Archers Cinema, by Major A G R Munasinghe psc, Staff Officer II (Career Planning) (Additional), Military Secretary’s Branch, Army Headquarters.

Then another lecture on one of the most important topics in present international context, “Russian and Ukraine Crisis” was conducted by Colonel R A D S Rajapaksha RSP psc VIR, Staff Officer I, Chief of Staff Office, Army Headquarters.

Programme was concluded with the Diners’ Club session and Mr. Boshan Dayaratne, Group Director/CEO of CICRA Holdings, conducted a lecture on “Technological Innovation in the Field of Military Hardware and How Best Sri Lanka Military Could Be Influenced in the Present Day”.

The Colonel of the Regiment of the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment, Major General Nishantha Manage, and the Centre Commandant with regimental staff officers, senior officers and junior officers serving in various establishments including VIR Battalions participated for these sessions.