GENERAL SHAVENDRA SILVA HONOURED WITH MILITARY SALUTE
GENERAL SHAVENDRA SILVA HONOURED WITH MILITARY SALUTE
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Colombo (Sri Lanka Army); General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, symbolically received a fitting tribute to his devoted role after he upon his due advancement into four-star rank General arrived at the Army HQ premises in conformity with military traditions on Thursday (31).
The well-deserved promotion for his unconditional serving and selfless attitude was made a reality by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on 28th December 2020, together with the elevation of the Secretary Defence, Major General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratnne also to the deserving rank of General.
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‘Sri Lanka Army Way Forward Strategy 2020-2025’ launched Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Sri Lanka Army launched ‘Sri Lanka Army Way Forward Strategy 2020-2025’ (SLAWFS) policy document at the Army headqurters yesterday in the presence of Chief Guest, Principal Advisor to the President Lalith Weeratunge and Secretary Defence Major General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne together with the project’s visionary, Chief of Defence Staff and Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva,.
The SLAWFS, a sustained and collective effort of civil-military scholars for more than 10 months is slated to explore and assist upgrade the Army military strategy for the next five years with special focus on modernisation taking place in the defence spectrum world-wide, amid multiple and complex global threat landscapes to be in line with fast changing and multifaceted global conditions and circumstances.