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The corps was renamed once again in 1972 as the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps when Sri Lanka became a republic. With the onset of the Sri Lankan Civil War military base hospitals were established at the Palaly Military Base and at the Panagoda Cantonment in 1985. The Directorate of Army Medical Service was established in 1985.
Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps. Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps. Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police. Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps. Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps. Sri Lanka Army Corps of Agriculture and Livestocks. Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps.
Irish Defence Forces rank insignia. Rank insignia in the Irish Defence Forces are an indication of the wearer's military rank, and worn by officers and enlisted members of Ireland 's Defence Forces as an element of their uniform, typically on a single chest tab or as a shoulder board. [ 1]
The following tables present the ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Army. The ranks are similar to the British army officer ranks and the other ranks. At its formation in 1949, the Ceylon Army adopted the rank structures of the British Army . The highest rank in the Sri Lanka Army is Field Marshal, though the rank has no appointment in the ...
The Medical Corps ( MED) ( Irish: An Cór Liachta) [1] is the medical corps of the Irish Army, a branch of the Irish Defence Forces, responsible for the provision of medical, dental and pharmaceutical support to forces while on exercise and deployment. Because it is not a fighting arm (non-combatant), under the Geneva Conventions, members of ...
The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel. [ 1][ 3]
The Communications and Information Services Corps ( CIS) ( Irish: An Cór Seirbhísí Cumarsáide agus Eolais) – formerly the Army Corps of Signals – is one of the combat support corps of the Irish Defence Forces, the military of Ireland. It is responsible for the installation, maintenance and operation of communications and information ...
The following tables present the ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Navy.These ranks are similar to Royal Naval officer ranks and the ratings ranks. Sri Lanka does have an Admiral rank, but it is usually only awarded to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) or as an honorary rank; Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda was the only Sri Lankan naval officer to hold a full admiral rank while in active service.