Training
Special Forces Training School was established on 15 th February 1992 and it is conducting the basic and specialized training for all Special Forces personnel. It also conducts special courses to train instructors from other battalions in the Army and has also helped to train Navy Special Boat Squadron personnel and Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment Special Force.
All SF personnel(regardless of their rank) have to undergo a refresher course (lasting one month) every year. There are no permanent members of SF, an individual will serve as long as he can live up to the set standards. Once declared unfit for their specialized duties, soldiers will be posted out of Special Forces.
- 1st Regiment Special Forces has a Combat Rider Squadron which consist of highly trained Special Forces soldiers who are mounted on motorcycles with cross country capability. They are proved to be forces to reckon-with, due to their quick reaction capability.They are usually deployed in operations such as Rapid Response,Dismounting special operations teams in deep battlespace,hit and run operations in deep battlespace, and Quick Assault.
- 2nd Regiment Special Forces was initially raised on 1994 with 3 Squadrons. Today it is a fully fledged battalion with 04 fighting squadrons. Its has a diving Team with assault boats and consisting of highly trained divers specialized in beach reconnaissance, surveillance and limited strike ops closer to beaches, and also under water demolition capabilities.
- 3rd Regiment Special Forces, which was established on 1996 as a Sea borne/combat diving force has now been tasked to operate on the ground role as another SF battalion as that role has been taken up by Special Boat Squadron of the Sri Lanka Navy. Today the 3rd Battalion Special Forces conducts special missions.
It also consists of Airborne Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRP,"Lurp teams").
- 4th Regiment Special Forces was established on 2008.
- 5th Regiment Special Forces, which was established on 2009, was disband on 1 April 2012.
- New special urban fighting squadron was rise on 16th April 2012 for Hostage Rescue and Counter Terrorism Missions.
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