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Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
Active	30 October 1949 - Present
Country	Sri Lanka
Branch	Sri Lanka Army
Type	Supply Regiment
Role	Military supply chain management
Size	7 Reg & 1 Vol units[citation needed]
Regimental Centre	Panagoda
Nickname(s)	Waggoneers
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Anniversaries	30 October (Regimental day)
Engagements	1971 Insurrection; Insurrection 1987-89; Sri Lankan Civil War
Commanders
Centre Commandant	Col E M G A Ambanpola
Regimental Sergeant Major	WO1 A A D N Amarasooriya
Colonel of; the Regiment	Maj Gen I P Kandanaarachchi
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The Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC) is a Combat Support corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the corps is to carry supplies to the soldier where he is, and run an efficient organization for the provision of transport, fuel, oil and lubricants which are the 'life blood of an army’. It is made up of 7 regular units and one volunteer (reserve) units and is headquartered at its Regiment Center at the Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda. The corps has a trade school in Anuradhapura which trains drivers, cooks and clerks for the Army.