Ravindra Wijegunaratne
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Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne, WV, RWP and Bar, RSP, VSV, USP, NI, ndc, psn, is a retired Sri Lankan admiral, and former Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. He has also
Wijegunaratne in 2016
John Richardson and Ravindra Wijegunaratne
Overseeing a series of diving missions
Taking part in an infiltration exercise
The Special Boat Squadron is the Sri Lanka Navy's elite special forces unit, modeled after the British Special Boat Service. It was raised in 1993.
Ravindra Wijegunaratne
…MARCOS in the Indian Peace Keeping Force's 1987 Operation Pawan. Having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, he founded Sri Lanka's elite Special Boat Squadron (SBS) in 1993, building on the work done by Lieutenant commander Shanthi Bahar. Wijegunaratne led the SBS during the Battle of Pooneryn and held its…
Special Boat Squadron troops, during the Independence Day Parade.