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Ceylon Army

Sri Lanka Army
ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව
இலங்கை இராணுவம்
Sri Lanka Army Logo.png
Crest of the Sri Lanka Army
Founded April 1, 1881; 136 years ago (1881-04-01)
Country Sri Lanka
Type Army
Role Foreign and Domestic Defence
Size 200,000
Part of Ministry of Defence
Military Headquarters Army Headquarters, Colombo
Motto(s) Latin: Pro Patria
"For the Fatherland"
Anniversaries October 9
Engagements World War II
1971 JVP Insurrection
1987–89 JVP Insurrection
Sri Lankan Civil War
Website www.army.lk
Commanders
Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Lt. Gen. Crishantha de Silva
Notable
commanders
Gen. Sepala Attygalle
FM. Sarath Fonseka
Lt. Gen. Denzil Kobbekaduwa
Maj. Gen. Vijaya Wimalaratne
Maj. Gen. Bertram Heyn
Maj. Gen. Anton Muttukumaru
Insignia
Flag The Sri Lanka Army Flag And Crest.JPG
Presidential Colour Sri Lankan Army Flag.svg

The Sri Lanka Army (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව Sri Lanka Yuddha Hamudawa)(Tamil: இலங்கை இராணுவம் Ilankai iraṇuvam) is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is the nation's army. Established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2010, the Army had approximately 200,000 regular personnel, between 20,000–40,000 reserve personnel and 18,000 National Guardsmen and comprises 13 operational divisions, one air-mobile brigade, one commando brigade, one special forces brigade, one independent armored brigade, three mechanized infantry brigades and over 40 infantry brigades. From the 1980s to 2009 the army was engaged in the Sri Lankan Civil War.

The professional head of the Sri Lanka Army is the Commander of the Army, currently Lieutenant General Crishantha de Silva. The Commander-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan Military is the President of Sri Lanka, who heads the National Security Council through the Ministry of Defence, which is the highest level of military command charged with formulating, executing defence policy and procurements for the armed forces. However operations of the Sri Lanka Army are coordinated by the Joint Operations Command, with other two armed forces.


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