Unit Name: | Sri Lanka Army Service Corps |
Dates: | 30 October 1949 - Present |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Type: | Supply Regiment |
Role: | Military supply chain management |
Size: | 7 Reg & 1 Vol units |
Commander1: | Col E M G A Ambanpola |
Commander1 Label: | Centre Commandant |
Commander2: | WO1 A A D N Amarasooriya |
Commander2 Label: | Regimental Sergeant Major |
Colonel Of The Regiment: | Maj Gen I P Kandanaarachchi |
Garrison: | Panagoda |
Garrison Label: | Regimental Centre |
Nickname: | Waggoneers |
Identification Symbol Label: | Flag |
Battles: | 1971 Insurrection Insurrection 1987-89 Sri Lankan Civil War |
Anniversaries: | 30 October (Regimental day) |
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 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.