The Army Training School (ATS) () is a unit of the
Sri Lanka Army responsible for
recruit training and unit training for infantry battalion. It is based in
Maduruoya it was established in 1985 at the
Panagoda Cantonment by the
Sri Lanka Light Infantry as the ''Recruit Training School'' under the command of
Major
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A. K. Jayawardana
SLLI
The Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) is the oldest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army and the oldest infantry regiment in the army. It is made up of ten regular battalions and five volunteer battalions, and is headquartered at the Panagoda Cantonment, ...
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In late 1984 the unit took over premises built for the ''
Maduruoya Irrigation Project'', and from 1986 began unit training of infantry battalions on both on site and at other locations.
History
The ATS went through its embryonic stages at
1 Sri lanka Light Infantry premises before been moved to the present environs. Infrastructure facilities were available at Maduruoya in the complex built by the Canadian company FAFJ; which was a venture set up to construct the
Maduru Oya dam
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On 14 January 1985 the Army Training School was established under
Lt Col P. W. J. de Silva
SLLI
The Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) is the oldest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army and the oldest infantry regiment in the army. It is made up of ten regular battalions and five volunteer battalions, and is headquartered at the Panagoda Cantonment, ...
who is the first commandant of the school. Though the infrastructure facilities were available for the staff and the trainers it was decided to build a dormitory to accommodate 500 recruits and firing ranges utilizing the capital votes with the help of academic headquarters.
A model town was constructed in the vicinity of ATS in mid-1986, to enable troops to conduct training in Fighting in Built up and in streets; and the first
FIBUA
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training programme was commenced in December 1986 with the assistants of Israelis and it is the only range and the place available to conduct this form of training in Sri Lanka even today.
At present with limited facilities available ATS has undertaken the training of two Infantry battalions simultaneously, and the Young Officers have been trained All Arms before been posted to units. Recently, the ATS has undertaken the training potential battalion commanders in order to develop their ability to command and to qualify them to achieve the goals of the organization.
Courses
Courses conducted by Army Training Center;
*Young officer's course
*Infantry battalion training
*Special Infantry Operation course
*Senior
non-commissioned officers course
*Non-commissioned officers course
*Battalion Training Instructor Refresher course
*Instructor Refresher course
See also
*
Sri Lankan military academies
*
Sri Lanka Army
References
External links
Official web page{{Sri Lankan military academies
Training establishments of the Sri Lanka Army