Sri Lanka Army Service Corps

Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
Active 30 October 1949 - Present
Country Sri Lanka
Branch Sri Lanka Army
Type Supply Regiment
Role Military supply chain management
Size 7 Reg & 1 Vol units
Regimental Centre Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda.
Nickname(s) SLASC "Wagonners"
Anniversaries 30 October (Regimental day)
Engagements 1971 Insurrection
Insurrection 1987-89
30 yrs Sri Lankan Civil War
Commanders
Colonel Commandant Brig ASD LIYANAGE
Centre Commandant Brig Athula De SILVA

The Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC) is a Combat Support corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the corps is to carry supplies to the soldier where he is, and run an efficient organization for the provision of transport, fuel, oil and lubricants which are the 'life blood of an army’. It is made up of 7 regular units and one volunteer (reserve) units and is headquartered at its Regiment Center at the Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda. The corps has a trade school in Anuradhapura which trains drivers, cooks and clerks for the Army.

Units

  • 1st Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
  • 3rd Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
  • 4th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
  • 5th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
  • 6th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
  • 7th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
  • 8th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Volunteers

  • 2nd Vol Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS

9th Volunteer Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps

Well Known Athletes

  • Chinthaka De Soyza

Alliances

Order of precedence

Preceded by
Engineer Services Regiment		 Order of Precedence Succeeded by
Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps

See also

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