Officer Career Development Centre (OCDC) is a

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 ...

n military academic establishment providing command and staff courses for mid career

commissioned officer An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a warrant officer. However, absent context ...

s of

Sri Lanka Army ta, இலங்கை இராணுவம் , image = File:Sri Lanka Army Logo.png , image_size = 180px , caption = Emblem of the Sri Lanka Army , start_date ...

as well as to limited number of officers from

Sri Lanka Navy ta, இலங்கை கடற்படை , image = Sri Lanka Naval Seal.png , image_size = 180px , caption = Emblem of Sri Lanka Navy , dates = , c ...

Sri Lanka Air Force The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) ( si, ශ්‍රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව, Śrī Laṃkā guwan hamudāva; ta, இலங்கை விமானப்படை, Ilaṅkai vimāṉappaṭai) is the air arm and the yo ...

and officers of various allied forces. It is located in the town of

Buttala Buttala (බුත්තල) is a town in Sri Lanka. It is located in Monaragala District of Uva Province, Sri Lanka. History The history of Buttala goes back to the time of King Dutugamunu in the 2nd century BC, when it was known as Guthala. The ...

, it was opened on 23 January 2012 and is affiliated to the

Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka The Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා සබරගමුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, சபரகமுவா பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university in Belih ...

. The

Naval and Maritime Academy Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA), Trincomalee, is the naval academy of the Sri Lanka Navy, and is located within SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee. It received university status in 2001 under the leadership of Commodore SR Samaratunga. History The Sri ...

and the

Sri Lanka Air Force Junior Command & Staff College Sri Lanka Air Force Junior Command & Staff College is the Sri Lanka Air Force academic establishment providing training and education primarily to the mid-career officers of SLAF as well as to limited number of officers from Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lan ...

conducts similar courses for mid-career officers of the

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and the

History

With the rapid expansion of the Sri Lankan Army with the escalation of the

n civil war, the army saw the need to enhance command and staff training for its senior

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s and junior

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since it depended on friendly nations for

staff college Staff colleges (also command and staff colleges and War colleges) train military officers in the administrative, military staff and policy aspects of their profession. It is usual for such training to occur at several levels in a career. For ex ...

trainings which amounted to a few slots per year. With the re-designation of the former Army Training Centre as the Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) in 1981, the Officers Study Centre (OSC) was established in the SLMA to conduct the Junior Staff Course, the Senior Tactics Course and the Senior Administration Course. aimed at mid-career officers to develop basic command and staff techniques in the British tradition, for staff officer grade III/II appointments (Officers in the ranks of

Lieutenant A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations. The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often sub ...

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

). With end of the civil war, the Army established the Officer Career Development Centre in 2012 as a junior staff college with the Junior Command Course (JCC) and the Junior Staff Course (JSC) transferred to it from the OSC. OCDC initiated the Senior Command Course, which has been redesignated as the Unit Command Course for prospective battalion commanders. In 2021, work has commenced to redesignate the OCDC as the Army War College.

Courses

* Unit Command Course (UCC) - 13 week course aimed at Lieutenant Colonels and Majors to become successful battalion commanders. * Junior Command Course (JCC) - 13 week course aimed at Majors and Captains to become successful grade II level command, staff, and instructional appointments. * Junior Staff Course (JSC) - 13 week course aimed at Captains and Lieutenants to become successful grade III level staff appointments.

References

External links

SLA Officer Career Development Centre
{{DEFAULTSORT:Officer Career Development Centre Training establishments of the Sri Lanka Army Staff colleges in Sri Lanka Educational institutions established in 2012 Education in Sabaragamuwa Province 2012 establishments in Sri Lanka

History

Courses

See also

References

External links