Defence Services Command and Staff College
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Former names
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Army Command and Staff College - Sri Lanka |
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| Motto | "To War With Wisdom and Knowledge" |
| Type | Military Staff College |
| Established | 1 January 1997 |
| Commandant | Major General G V D U A Perera RWP RSP VSV USP USAWC M.Sc.(Ind) M.Sc.(USA) NDU-CT(USA) psc(SL) psc(Ind) |
| Location | Sapugaskanda, Makola South, WP, Sri Lanka |
The Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) is situated at Batalanda, Makola (South) 12 Kilometers away from Colombo and its aim to develop the professional knowledge and understanding of experienced officers of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy & the Sri Lanka Air Force to prepare them for the ranks of junior field officers in the army and the respective ranks of the Navy and Air force. The DSCSC was formally known as the Sri Lanka Army Command and Staff College (ACSC).
The Commandant is a two-star appointment and the current Commandant of the DSCSC is Major General G V D U A Perera RWP RSP VSV USP USAWC M.Sc.(Ind) M.Sc.(USA) NDU-CT(USA) psc(SL) psc(Ind).
The above aim is met through addressing six principal objectives, which are as follows:
The Army Command and Staff College (ACSC) was inaugurated on 16 March 1998 with the first course consisting of 26 Student Officers. However, the College was officially inaugurated on 28 August 1998 by the former President Her Excellency Mrs Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarathunga on a request made by then Commander of the Army, Lt Gen R De S Daluwatte WWV RWP RSP VSV USP LOM ndc psc.
At the inception, a British Army Training Team consisting of two Lieutenant Colonels was attached, in order to assist the Faculty to formulate a curriculum similar to the British Army Command and Staff College, but with emphasis on our own requirements. They extended a yeomen service from the outset to get our ACSC established, by providing required training material and fine tuning our teaching skills. The faculty was driven through an ‘on the job’ Training Programme.
The ACSC was established with the aim of developing the professional knowledge and understanding of selected Student Officers both in Command and on the Staff, for the Sri Lanka Army. However, a few selected Student Officers from the Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force too were trained on Army Command and Staff aspects from ACSC Course No 1 onwards. During the 9 years of ACSC (1998-2006), the College produced 253 graduates, of whom 207 were from the Army, 22 were from the Navy, 21 from the Air Force and one from the Police. This was in contrast to 58 ‘Staff Qualified Graduates’ available in the Sri Lanka Army, in the year 1996. The change from ACSC to DSCSC could be perceived as an indication shown from the very inception on the importance of a Joint Services atmosphere. Moreover, the efforts of all military arms was felt imperative to be joint, in order to combat our adversary. Military Operations in an isolation had never paid us required dividends. Furthermore, changing tactics of our adversaries compelled us to revise our doctrines in war fighting, thus setting conditions for a sound ‘Joint environment’.
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