Sri Lanka Army Service Corps

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Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
Cap badge of the 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	5 Units
Regimental Centre	Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda.
Nickname	SLASC
Anniversaries	30 October (Regimental day)
Engagements	1971 Insurrection Insurrection 1987-89 Sri Lankan Civil War
Commanders
Centre Commandant	Col H.D.W. Kariyawasam USP, Lsc
Colonel Commandant	Brig S.M.A.W.B. Padeniya USP
Notable commanders	Lt. Col W.W. Perera

The Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC) 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 4 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.

1 History
2 Units
- 2.1 Regular Army
- 2.2 Volunteers
3 Alliances
4 Order of Precedence
5 See also
6 External links and sources

[edit] History

With the formation of the Ceylon Army, the provision of supply and transport which had been earlier handled by the Ceylon Supply & Transport Corps was to be handled by a company of the Ceylon Army Service Corps (CASC), that formed on 30th October 1949 with Capt. W.W. Perera as company commander. This consisted of a company headquarters, composite platoon, transport and workshop platoon and an officer in-charge barrack services. During the early stages, implementation of the establishment was slow, though steady progress and the small, but efficient, nucleus of the CASC, both civilian and military was called upon to labor unceasingly and untiringly to keep the ‘wheels moving and the stomachs lined’. In 1959 the company was elevated to the level of a unit and 1 Ceylon Army Service Corps was formed. Lt. Col W.W. Perera was appointed first Commanding Officer. In 1949 the Volunteer unit was raised under the command of Lt. Col Gordon Austin.