Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment

Special Force Regiment
Special Forces Regiment cap badge
ActiveDecember 1988 – Present
Country Sri Lanka
Branch Sri Lanka Army
TypeSpecial Forces
SizeFour Regiments (Fifth Regiment 2009-2012)
Regimental HeadquartersNaula
Nickname(s)SF
Motto(s)අධිෂ්ඨානයෙන් අභීතව අරමුණ කරා
Adhisthanayen Abhithawa Aramuna Kara
(Sinhala: To the target with determination and bravery
Determined, Dared and Done
ColorsRana Parashuwa
EngagementsSri Lankan Civil War
Decorations5 Parama Weera Vibhushanayas
Commanders
Brigade Commander, Special Forces BrigadeBrigadier Thushara Mahalekamge
Colonel of
the Regiment
Major General W.T.W.G.IHALAGE
Notable
commanders
General Mahesh Senanayake
Major General G. Hettiarachchi
Colonel A.F. Lafir
Colonel Raj Vijayasiri
Major General W.T.W.G.Ihalage
Lieutenant Colonel J.A.L Jayasinghe Major J.Y Mohotti

The Special Forces Regiment (SF) (Sinhala: විශේෂ බලකාය Visēsha Balakāya;) is a special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Army. Founded in 1986 as a combat tracker team, it was established as a regiment in 1988, and later expanded into a brigade. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, direct action and covert reconnaissance. Much like the British Army Special Air Service, much of the information about the SF is highly classified due to the secrecy and sensitivity of its operations.

The Special Forces Regiment currently consists of four regular battalions organized into the Special Forces Brigade, under the operational command of I Corps forming its Special Operations Force along with the Commando Brigade.[1]

  1. ^ "1 Corps of the Sri Lanka Army – Highly Trained and Operationally Elite". newsfirst.lk. Retrieved 9 November 2021.