Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment

Commando Regiment
Active1980–present
Country Sri Lanka
Branch Sri Lanka Army
TypeSpecial Operations
Size4 Regiments, 3000 Personnel
Part ofCommando Brigade
Regimental CentreGanemulla
Motto(s)නොහැක්කක් නොමැත
Nohækkak Nomætha
(Sinhala: Nothing is Impossible)
Colors 
Anniversaries15 March
EngagementsSri Lankan Civil War
Decorations5 Parama Weera Vibhushanayas
Commanders
Centre CommandantBrigadier BMMSK Dharmawardana RWP RSP USP
Brigade CommanderBrigadier KVIL Jayaweera USP
Colonel of
the Regiment
Major General PGPS Rathnayake RWP RSP ndc

The Commando Regiment (Sinhala: කොමාන්ඩෝ ‍රෙජිමේන්තුව komāndo rejimēnthuwa; Tamil: இலங்கை இராணுவத்தின் கமாண்டோ படைப்பிரிவ) is the commando formation of the Sri Lanka Army. The unit specializes in various roles including hostage rescue, counter-terrorism, unconventional warfare, special reconnaissance, counter-insurgency, and personnel recovery. It was formed in 1980 and is based in Ganemulla, a suburb of Colombo.[1]

The Commando Regiment currently consists of four regular battalions organized into the Commando Brigade, under the operational command of I Corps forming its Special Operations Force along with the Special Forces Regiment.[2]

  1. ^ "The Deadly Mahasohon Brigade". StrategyWorld.com. 19 September 2007. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013.
  2. ^ "1 Corps of the Sri Lanka Army – Highly Trained and Operationally Elite". newsfirst.lk. Retrieved 9 November 2021.