Military Intelligence Corps (Sri Lanka)

Military Intelligence Corps
Active	1990 - Present
Country	Sri Lanka
Branch	Sri Lanka Army
Type	Combat Support-Intelligence
Role	Military Intelligence
Size	8 Battalions
Regimental Headquarters	Karandeniya
Motto(s)	නැණ රණ ජය (Sinhala: wisdom, Battle, Victory)
Colors
March	Semper Fidelis
Engagements	Sri Lankan Civil War

The Military Intelligence Corps (MIC) is one of the corps of the Sri Lanka Army. It is responsible for gathering, analyzing and disseminating military intelligence and also for counter-intelligence and security.

Regular battalions

• 1st Military Intelligence Corps
• 2nd Military Intelligence Corps
• 4th Military Intelligence Corps
• 5th Military Intelligence Corps

Volunteer battalions

• 3rd (V) Military Intelligence Corps (Formed on 21 April 2004)
• 6th (V) Military Intelligence Corps (Formed on 14 January 2011)

Notable members

• General Lionel Balagalle - former Commander of the Army and founder of the Military Intelligence Corps
• Major General Laksiri Waduge RWP RSP VSV USP ndu - former Colonel commandant of the Military Intelligence Corps
• Major General S.D. Thennakoon - former Colonel commandant of the Military Intelligence Corps
• Major General H.K.G. Hendavitharana - former Chief of National Intelligence and Colonel commandant of the Military Intelligence Corps
• Major General A.S.P. Zaheer - former Colonel commandant of the Military Intelligence Corps
• Colonel Tuan Nizam Muthaliff  † - former Commanding Officer of the 1st Military Intelligence Corps.
• Colonel Tuan Rizli Meedin  † - former Commanding Officer of the 2nd Military Intelligence Corps.

See also

• Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)
• State Intelligence Service (Sri Lanka)
• Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)

External links and sources

• Sri Lanka Army
• Military Intelligence Corps