Commander Escort Flotilla Four of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Rear Admiral Tatsuya Fukuda along with the Commanding Officers of JMSDF ships ‘Kaga’ and ‘Inazuma’, Captain Hideki Mizuta and Commander Yuki Ochimizu, who arrived in Sri Lanka on 30th September, called on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Naval Headquarters yesterday (01st October).

Rear Admiral Tatsuya Fukuda, the Commander Escort Flotilla Four of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in association with the Commanding Officers of the JMSDF ships ‘Kaga’ and ‘Inazuma’, Captain Hideki Mizuta and Commander Yuki Ochimizu, who arrived in Sri Lanka on 30th September, met the Commander Western Naval Area, Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Western Naval Command Headquarters yesterday (01st October).

A workshop, organized by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization for the benefit of judges, was held at the auditorium of the Southern Naval Command on 29th September.

Navy apprehended 15 persons for engaging in illegal activities at separate locations of the country over the past few days.

The inauguration of Commandant’s Cup Sailing Regatta, organized by the Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA), was held in the alluring waters off Sandy Bay in the port city of Trincomalee ‍from 27^th to 29^th September.

Two ships - ‘Kaga’ and ‘Inazuma’ belonging to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) arrived at the port of Colombo on a goodwill visit today (30th September).

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe attended the International Seapower Symposium held from 18-21 Sep 18 at US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

A delegation of Indian Army Higher Command Course headed by Brigadier H Singh Dhodi who are on an official tour to Sri Lanka visited Naval Headquarters, on last 25th September. The delegation is comprised of 15 senior Indian Army officers.

The joint tri-services Field Training Exercise (FTX), 'Cormorant Strike IX - 2018', organized by the Sri Lanka Army for the 9th consecutive year, was taken place with the participation of foreign service personnel and covering the Eastern, Central, Western and North Central Provinces.

As another step of Sri Lanka Navy’s community welfare programme, the civil people who were distressed by the drought prevailed in several areas in the island, were provided with pure drinking water by SL Navy.