List of current Sri Lanka Army formations

The professional head of the army is the Commander of the Army, at present Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.[1] He is assisted by the Chief of Staff of the Army, currently Major General Sathyapriya Liyanage.[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 personal. The Army Headquarters, situated in Colombo is the main administrative and the operational headquarters of the Sri Lanka Army.

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Organized and controlled by the Army General Staff at Army HQ, various formations are raised from time to time to suit various security requirements and operation in the country and overs seas. The Army at present has deployed 12 Divisions, 7 task forces and several independent brigades. Except for the 11 Division based at the Panagoda Cantonment which is responsible for the maintenance of capability for the defence of the capital, all other divisions, task forces and brigades are deployed for operations in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka, coming under six regional commands known as Security Forces Headquarters, which are the Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna (SFHQ-J), Wanni (SFHQ-W), East (SFHQ-E), Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN), Mullaitivu (SFHQ-MLT) and South (SFHQ-S).

Each SFHQ and most divisions are commanded by a General Officer Commanding in the rank of Major General. A SFHQ has several divisions under its command and each division is further divided into brigades. Each brigade is commanded by an officer in the rank of Brigadier and has a number of Infantry battalions, support arms (Artillery, Engineers and Signals) and support services (Service Corps, Engineering Services, Ordnance Corps, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) under assigned to it. There are also several independent brigade (Air Mobile Brigade, Armored Brigade, etc.)

In other parts of the country, there are Area and Sub-Area Headquarters. Armour, Artillery, Engineers and Signals Units are grouped under Brigade Headquarters of their own arm; Armored Brigade, Artillery Brigade and so on.

Following is a list of all combat formations and their commands of the Sri Lanka Army.

Security Forces Headquarters
Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J)
Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni (SFHQ-W)[3]
Security Forces Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E)
Security Forces Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN)[3][6]
Security Forces Headquarters – Mullaitivu (SFHQ-MLT)[3]
  • 59 Division, operating in the Mullaittivu District
  • 64 Division, operating in the Mullaittivu District
  • 68 Division, Kombavil, Mullaittivu District
  • Task Force 2, operating in the Mullaittivu District
Security Forces Headquarters – West (SFHQ-W)[7]
Security Forces Headquarters – Central (SFHQ-C)

Independent units
Divisions
Brigades

Disbanded
  • 2 Division
  • 3 Division

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References
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  2. Army Chief of Staff Appointed Competent Authority Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Two Security Forces Headquarters established in Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi Archived 2011-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Security Forces on a realistic path to achieve the set target, Dailynews Archived 2008-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Columns – Situation Report". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. "Sri Lanka Army – Defenders of the Nation". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  7. "Sri Lanka Army – Defenders of the Nation". Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2008-12-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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