Army Training School | |
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Active | 1985-Present |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Branch | Sri Lanka Army |
Type | Training |
Role | Recruit training, Infantry battalion training |
Size | Multi Battalion |
Part of | Army Training Command |
Garrison/HQ | Maduru Oya |
Nickname(s) | ATS |
Motto(s) | "Excellence though the training" |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Lt. Col. J. C. Premathilaka USP psc |
The Army Training School (ATS) (Sinhala: යුද්ධ හමුදා පුහුණු පාසල, romanized: yuddha hamudā puhuṇu pāsala) is a unit of the Sri Lanka Army responsible for recruit training and unit training for infantry battalion. It is based in Maduruoya it was established in 1985 at the Panagoda Cantonment by the Sri Lanka Light Infantry as the Recruit Training School under the command of Major A. K. Jayawardana SLLI.[1]
In late 1984 the unit took over premises built for the Maduruoya Irrigation Project, and from 1986 began unit training of infantry battalions on both on site and at other locations.