Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage attended the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) 2014 Seminar and Conclave of Navy Chiefs held in Australia.

The Sri Lanka Navy assisted in the repatriation of 19 Indian fishermen and 04 fishing trawlers on 30th March 2014.

The Australian Naval Ship HMAS “Melbourne” which arrived in Sri Lanka on a goodwill visit took part in a Passage Exercise code named “PASSEX” with SLNS “Sagara” in the seas off Galle on 25th February 2014.

Sri Lanka Navy facilitated the conduct of the annual festival of the St. Anthony’s Church located on the Palaithivu Island.

As part of the Sri Lanka Navy’s community welfare and social responsibility project, the North Western Naval Command conducted two field health clinics and donated spectacles with the assistance of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation at several rural villages in the Mannar district on 06, 21 and 23 March 2014.

The Indonesian naval ship, ‘Kri Frans Kaisiepo’ arrived at the port of Colombo on 23rd March 2014 on a goodwill visit.

The outgoing Defence Advisor of the Banglaesh High Commission in Sri Lanka, Commodore Mudasser Nasir paid courtesy call on Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage at the Naval Headquarters on 18th March 2014.

The Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Coast Guard assisted in the repatriation of 140 Indian fishermen with 31 fishing boats on 17th March 2014.

Under the direction of the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development and the supervision of Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage, Sri Lanka Navy facilitated the conduct of the annual feast of the St. Anthony’s Church in Kachchatheevu on a grand scale.

The annual Sports-meet of the Naval Pre-School in Welisara was held at the Shreman Ground, SLNS Mahasen on 14th March 2014.