A record promotion bonanza for 14 617 other rankers of the army a gesture that would go down in the annals of army history as hitherto unprecedented and unheard would occur on national war heroes day 19 may. Historic promotion of 14 617 army other ranks coincides with national war heroes day. Sri lanka army defenders of the nation.
The following tables present the military ranks and insignia of the sri lanka navy these ranks generally correspond with those of western or commonwealth nations militaries and reflect those of the british warrant officer non commissioned officer and enlisted ranks and the commissioned officer ranks sri lanka does have the admiral 1 rank but it is only awarded to the chief of defence. The following tables present the military ranks and insignia of the sri lanka army these ranks generally correspond with those of western or commonwealth nations militaries and reflect those of the british warrant officer non commissioned officer and enlisted ranks and the commissioned officer ranks sri lanka does have the general rank it was only awarded to the chief of defence staff cds. Sri lanka does have a general rank but it is usually only awarded to the chief of defence.
The following tables present the military ranks and insignia of the sri lanka army these ranks generally correspond with those of western or commonwealth nations militaries and reflect those of the british warrant officer non commissioned officer and enlisted ranks and the commissioned officer ranks. An attempt to insert the names of sri lanka army produced two identical twins major general pooraka seneviratne and major general jayantha seneviratne in the guinness book of world records took place this morning 30 during a formal ceremony at the army headquarters. Sri lanka does have a general rank but it is usually only awarded to the chief of defence.
The following tables present the military ranks and insignia of the sri lanka army these ranks generally correspond with those of western or commonwealth nations militaries and reflect those of the british warrant officer non commissioned officer and enlisted ranks and the commissioned officer ranks.
