The Army Headquarters (Army HQ) is the headquarters of the

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and is located in the Defence Headquarters Complex in

Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, commonly known as Kotte (), is the legislative capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a satellite city and located within the urban area of Sri Lanka's de facto economic, executive, and judicial capital, ...

. It was established on 1 October 1949 in the

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which was the headquarters of the

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Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It later moved to the Rifle Barracks and then to the Old Army Headquarters Complex, before moving to the new Defence Headquarters Complex.

Structure

The Sri Lanka Army is commanded by the Commander of the Army. Reporting to the Commander of the Army, are the

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, the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Commandant of the Volunteer Force. The Army Headquarters is divided into several branches, namely the

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(GS) branch,

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's (AGs) branch, Quarter Master General's (QMGs) branch, Master General of Ordnance's (MGOs) branch and the Military Secretary's branch. Security to the headquarters is provided by the ''Commander's Security Unit'', which is traditionally drawn from the parent battalion of the Commander of the Army which is currently the 1st Battalion, Gajaba Regiment.

Units

* Chief Field Engineer HQ * Chief Signal Officer HQ * Independent Brigade HQ ** Army Headquarter Battalion ** Corps of Drums of Army HQ * Senior Security Coordinating Office * Colombo Military Hospital * Ranaviru Seva Authority * Commander Security Unit * Army HQ Provost Company * Army HQ Bomb Disposal Unit

References

{{Reflist HQ Commands of the Sri Lanka Army Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 1959 establishments in Ceylon Military headquarters in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Structure

Units

See also

References