Mullaitivu women might for Army

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The first batch of 30 women recruits from Mullaitivu area for the Sri Lanka Army passed out ceremoniously early this week giving a new dimension to the composition of the country’s armed forces. Sri Lanka Army said in compliance with military formalities, generally conducted in all military ceremonies elsewhere, the first batch passed out during a colourful ceremony upon completion of their three-month long training period at the Security Force Headquarters – Mullaitivu (SFHQ-MLT).

The ceremony, headed by Major General Jagath Dias, Commander, SFHQ-MLT as the Chief Guest, took place at the SFHQ-MLT ground with the participation of a gathering of Mullaittivu state officials including District Secretary for Mullaittivu N. Vedanayagam, school principals, school cadets, parents and relatives of woman soldiers, well-wishers, senior citizens and civilians from the area. The Passing out Parade (PoP), saluted the Commanding Officer, 6 Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps, who conducted the training for the Mullaittivu woman recruits, in accordance with military traditions in the Guard of Honour, accorded to her after she reviewed the parade. “Soon after the PoP, the woman soldiers staged a PT demonstration on their own and a band display, adding colour, excitement and variety to the occasion as the invitees, broke into rapturous applause,” the Army said. A subsequent get-together these graduates, have had with their parents and relatives afterwards saw all of them emotionally embrace with one another in glee as those woman soldiers are earmarked to take up duties for civil coordination work. Major General Jagath Dias took time off to speak to parents of those new female soldiers attending the occasion and shared a couple of views and pleasantries with them.