Sri Lanka Army Service Corps

Active| 30 October 1949 - Present
Country|  Sri Lanka
Branch|  Sri Lanka Army
Type| Supply Regiment
Role| Military supply chain management
Size| 7 Reg & 1 Vol units[citation needed]
Regimental Centre| Panagoda
Nickname(s)| Waggoneers
Colors|
Anniversaries| 30 October (Regimental day)
Engagements| 1971 Insurrection
Insurrection 1987-89
Sri Lankan Civil War
Commanders
Centre Commandant| Col E M G A Ambanpola
Regimental Sergeant Major| WO1 A A D N Amarasooriya
Colonel of
the Regiment| Maj Gen I P Kandanaarachchi
Insignia
Flag|

Military unit

The Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC) is a Combat Support corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the corps is to carry supplies to the soldier where he is, and run an efficient organization for the provision of transport, fuel, oil and lubricants[1] which are the 'life blood of an army’. It is made up of 7 regular units and one volunteer (reserve) units and is headquartered at its Regiment Center at the Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda. The corps has a trade school in Anuradhapura which trains drivers, cooks and clerks for the Army.[2]

## Units

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* 1st Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
* 3rd Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
* 4th Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
* 5th Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
* 6th Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
* 7th Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
* 8th Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps [3]

### Volunteers

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* 2nd Volunteer Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (Formed on 12 April 2018) [4]
* 9th Volunteer Regiment Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (Formed on 20 March 2018)

## Notable members

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* Chinthaka De Soyza[5]

* Chintaka De Soyza in 100m

* Chintaka De Soyza in 100m

* Chintaka De Soyza in 100m

## Alliances

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*  United Kingdom \- Royal Army Service Corps[6]

## Order of precedence

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Preceded by

Engineer Services Regiment

|  Order of Precedence | Succeeded by

Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps

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## See also

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* Sri Lanka Army

## References

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1. ^ "Sri Lanka Army Service Corps – ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා සේවා බලකාය". Sri Lanka Army Service Corps - ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා සේවා බලකාය. 16 December 2018.
2. ^ "Sri Lanka Army Service Corps". alt.army.lk.
3. ^ "Sri Lanka Army Service Corps". alt.army.lk.
4. ^ "Sri Lanka Army Service Corps".
5. ^ "Sri Lanka Army - Defender of the Nation". www.army.lk.
6. ^ "Connection to Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)". Sri Lanka Army Service Corps - ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා සේවා බලකාය. 28 January 2019.

## External links and sources

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* Sri Lanka Army
* Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
* Sri Lanka Army Service Corps: The Hundred Year Journey Blog

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