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Second CCC to fly to Mali
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 01:00

The army's second contingent consisting of a 260-strong Combat Convoy Company (CCC) will fly to Mali for UN peacekeeping assignments.

Once there, the troops will engage in the United Nations Multi-dimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission (MINUSMA).

This contingent, which has 20 officers and 240 other rankers, will replace the first CCC in December.

Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake had directed the Army General Staff Branch's Director-General to hold mock field training exercises (FTX) for the contingent before their departure.

The exercises will be conducted in the North, North-central, and Eastern provinces between October 18 and 21, under the supervision of 55 Division General Officer Commanding and former Army Headquarters Director Operations Brigadier Jayantha Gunaratne.

The field training exercise will be called ‘FTX - Harmattan - 2’ and it will be comprised of 10 regiments with mechanised infantries and combat support elements.

The exercise will simulate threats and challenges similar to those in Mali.

A separate headquarters (HQ-EXCON) will simultaneously monitor the applicability of standard drills against varying scenarios and will recommend improvements to make the CCC more efficient.

The ‘FTX - Harmattan - 2’ will be carried out in Chundikulam, Manalkadu, Pooneryn, Veditalativu, Mannar, Oyamaduwa, Mahadiwulwewa, Panmadawachchiya, Therunamaranwadiya, Mullaittivu, Paranthan, and the Kuweini junction at Iyakkachchi.

The CCC will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel K.L.I Karunanayake, with Major P.G.J Suriyasena as his second-in-command. It is comprised of Army personnel of the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR), Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC), Sri Lanka Engineers (SLE), Sri Lanka Signal Corps (SLSC), Mechanised Infantry Regiment (MIR), Corps of Engineer Services (CES), Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (SLEME), Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC), Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps (SLAOC), as well as members of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC).

Nineteen thousand soldiers had served in UN peacekeeping missions either as Combat Troops, Military Observers, Staff Officers or as Assistants to Staff Officers in several parts of the world. As of today, 150 soldiers in Lebanon are serving the UN Interim Force (UNIFIL), 66 are in the UN Mission in Sudan with a Level-2 hospital in South Sudan (UNMISS), 65 soldiers are in MINUSMA (Mali), 26 officers are in UN Staff Officer Missions and a group of 18 Officers, including two female officers, are in the Western Sahara, Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Abyei and New York. During their overseas duties, three Sri Lankan peacekeepers laid down their lives between 2005 and 2007 and were honoured with the UN Dag Hammarskjold Medal. Sri Lanka is globally recognised as a United Nations Troop Contributing Country (UN-TCC).

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The United Nations has sustained peace keeping missions in some of the most volatile regions of the world, over the past few decades. As nations face internal and external conflicts that destabilize the safety of their citizens the UN has sent trained peacekeeping troops. At present the UN has nearly 90,900 uniformed troops. The first UN peacekeepers were sent to Israel in 1948. In 1988 the UN Peacekeepers were bestowed with the Nobel Prize for their role in maintaining peace.

The Special Task Force of the Sri Lanka Police has achieved a golden milestone in being called upon to train and deploy as an FPU (Formed Police Unit) on their first international mission. In 2014, two officers, SSP Varuna Jayasundera and SP Athula Daulagala were on an assignment in South Sudan.

On their return to the island they were keen to send a contingent of local men on a foreign tour of duty. Subsequently, Chief Inspector R.M.Wimalaratne (at present, ASP- Base Commander, Trincomalee) and Inspector D.G.M.Chinthaka (at present, Instructor VIP Security) were sent for a training program to Jordan in 2015.

ASP Wimalaratne recollected his memories of the two intense months spent in Jordan. There were 60 other officers representing 32 nations. The team of trainers was led by an officer from France with others from Russia, Lithuania, Croatia, Nigeria, Nepal, America and Italy. The Sri Lankan duo had to adjust to the different food and a host of new cultures, as they made many new friends.

The UN training was splendidly delivered with theory and practical skills. Their day began at 7am and ended at 8pm after dinner. The desert terrain with the scorching heat was a challenge. During this time officers were taught many subjects with emphasis given on Public Order Management (the correct term used for controlling aggressive and rioting crowds).

Another important duty done by UN peacekeepers is escorting convoys and manning barricades. At the end of the advanced course CI Wimalarante emerged as the best student, while IP Chinthaka became the best student in arrest and handcuffing techniques. On their return to Sri Lanka these two dynamic officers trained the first batch of 14 officers, who later became trainers.

 

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