Three Major Generals promoted

Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka yesterday promoted three Major Generals, U. B. L. Fernando as new Chief of Staff at Army Headquarters, D. V. S. Y. Kulatunga as Commander, Headquarters of Army Volunteer Force and N. Wijesinghe as Deputy Chief of Staff, Army Headquarters.

The new Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Fernando RWP RSP ndu psc joined the Army in 1973 and held numerous appointments including Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, the Gajaba Regiment, Staff Officer Grade 1 Operations at AHY COL GS in Special Forces (TF-4), Brigade Commander 523 Bde Riviresa Operation, Director Training at Army Headquarters, Deputy GOC 56 Division Brigadier GS SFHQ (W), Division Commander 56 Div and 51 Div. DGGS JOH - Handling all tsunami matters, Deputy Commandant and Commandant Army Staff College, Commandant Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, Director General Infantry Colonel of the Gajaba Regiment. Recently, Maj Gen. Fernando, was awarded President and Regimental Colours.

He was overall Operations Commander Colombo and Western Province.

Major Gen. Fernando has taken part in major operations and awarded gallantry medals nine times for bravery in Battle.

Followed Diploma courses in Senior Defence Management, Indore University, India, Strategic Defence Management, China, Human Resource Management, NIBM (Sri Lanka), Diploma in International Affairs and Diplomacy (BMICH), Conflict Resolution Diploma (BAS).