Sri Lanka Army Service Corps

Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
Cap badge of the Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
Active	30 October 1949 - Present[citation needed]
Country	Sri Lanka
Branch	Sri Lanka Army
Type	Supply Regiment
Role	Military supply chain management
Size	6 Reg & 1 Vol units[citation needed]
Regimental Centre[citation needed]	Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda.[citation needed]
Nickname	SLASC "Wagonners"[citation needed]
Anniversaries	30 October (Regimental day)[citation needed]
Engagements	1971 Insurrection[citation needed] Insurrection 1987-89[citation needed] 30 yrs Sri Lankan Civil War[citation needed]
Commanders
Colonel Commandant[citation needed]	MAJ GEN SK Weerasinghe RSP[citation needed]
Centre Commandant[citation needed]	COL KS OWITIPANA[citation needed]

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 6 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.

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