Women paratroopers fly high in the Army
For the first time in the history of the Sri Lanka Army a woman
officer and two women soldiers passed out as paratroopers and made
their first aerial jump at the Sri Lanka Air Force Base in Uhana,
Ampara on Friday. Capt M.N.S. Vidanage of the Fourth battalion of
the Women’s Corp, Coporal R.A.N. Hemanthi of the Third Battalion and
Corporal K.S. Kahawala of the Fourth Battalion of the Women’s Corp
passed out as Paratroopers successfully completing the 52 Basic
Parachute Course conducted at the Sri Lanka Air Force Base in Uhana,
Ampara.
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Crossing of strategic earth bund
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operation gave a hard time to the LTTE as their capability to
maneuver their cadres to face all these battle formations became
increasingly difficult at the beginning of the last quarter of the
year 2008.
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