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The Special Forces Regiment (SF) ( Sinhala: විශේෂ බලකාය Visēsha Balakāya ;) is a special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Army. Founded in 1986 as a combat tracker team, it was established as a regiment in 1988, and later expanded into a brigade. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, direct ...
The Regiment Special Force (RSF) is a Sri Lanka Air Forces elite special force unit, which is part of the SLAF Regiment.It was raised in 2006.The RSF Wing is an independent formation of the SLAF and commanded by a Commanding Officer who is responsible to the Commander of the Air Force through Director Ground Operations for the efficient and effective function.
The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The three services have around 346,700 active personnel; conscription has never been imposed in Sri Lanka.
The Special Boat Squadron (abbreviated as SBS) (Sinhala: විශේෂ යාත්රා බලගණය, romanized: Viṣēśa Yāthrā Balagaṇaya; Tamil: சிறப்பு படகு படை, romanized: Ciṟappu Paṭaku Paṭai) is the Sri Lanka Navy's elite special forces unit, modeled after the British Special Boat Service ...
1987–1989 JVP insurrection. Sri Lankan Civil War. Commanders. Current. commander. Wing Commander Sumedha Ritigala. The Special Airborne Force (SABF) ,also known as Special Airborne Wing, is the first elite special force in Sri Lanka Air Force and forms part of the SLAF Regiment. It provides air assault capabilities and VVIP protection.
Special forces of Sri Lanka. Special forces is a term used to describe relatively small military units raised and trained for reconnaissance, unconventional warfare and special operations. This is a list of special forces of Sri Lanka .
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.
Unconventional warfare. Jungle warfare. Patrolling. Reconnaissance. Part of. Sri Lanka Army. Special Infantry Operation Teams or SIO Teams are special operations capable reconnaissance teams present in every infantry battalion of the Sri Lanka Army. They act as shock troops and spearhead assaults ahead of the battalion. [ 1]