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The professional head of the army is the Commander of the Army, at present Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage. [1] He is assisted by the Chief of Staff of the Army (Sri Lanka) . [ 2 ] The Commandant of the Volunteer Force is head of the Army Volunteer Force and is responsible for the administration and recruitment of all reserve units and personnel.
The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel. [ 1][ 3]
As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled. All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam, include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel.
This category contains a list of the many military units in the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force. Subcategories This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.
The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, the Sri Lanka Air Force which comes under preview of the Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka) (MOD). They receive military support from mainly China, Russia, India, Pakistan and Israel.
Article 144 of Interim Constitution of Nepal states that the President of Nepal is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Nepal Army. Currently as the President of Nepal Ram Chandra Poudel who assumed office on 13th March 2023, [3] is the current supreme commander of Nepal Army. Before the 2006 democracy movement in Nepal forced the King to restore ...
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the Sri Lanka Army". The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .