Sri Lanka Army Service Corps

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
Regimental Centre	Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda.
Nickname(s)	SLASC "Wagonners"
Anniversaries	30 October (Regimental day)
Engagements	1971 Insurrection Insurrection 1987-89 30 yrs Sri Lankan Civil War
Commanders
Colonel Commandant	MAJ GEN KW EDEMA USP
Centre Commandant	Brig Athula De SILVA

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.

Units

• 1st Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
• 3rd Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
• 4th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
• 5th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
• 6th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
• 7th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS
• 8th Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Volunteers

• 2nd Vol Regt SRI LANKA ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Well Known Athletes

• Chinthaka De Soyza

• Chintaka De Soyza in 100m.jpg

  Chintaka De Soyza in 100m

• Chinthaka Zoysa 2.jpg

  Chintaka De Soyza in 100m

• Wining moment Chintaka De Zoysa.jpg

  Chintaka De Soyza in 100m

Alliances

• United Kingdom - Royal Army Service Corps

Order of precedence

Preceded by Engineer Services Regiment

Order of Precedence

Succeeded by Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps

See also

• Sri Lanka Army

External links and sources

• Sri Lanka Army
• Sri Lanka Army Service Corps