Admiral Wannakuwatta Waduge Erwin Clancy Fernando VSV,USP,MNI was a senior Sri Lanka Navy officer. He served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1 November 1991 to 16 November 1992,when he was assassinated by the LTTE he was the most senior officer in the Sri Lankan armed forces to be killed in the line of duty.
Marshal of the Air Force W. D. M. J. Roshan Goonetileke,RWP and bar,VSV,USP is a Sri Lankan senior air force officer. He was a former Governor of the Western Province of Sri Lanka.
Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Kumar Jayadeva Karannagoda,RSP,VSV,USP,MRIN,MNI is a Sri Lankan naval officer. He served as the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy during the last phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War and Governor of North Western Province,Sri Lanka from 2021 to 2023.
Admiral Thisara Sugeeshwara Gunasekara Samarasinghe RSP,VSV,USP,ndc,psc,DISS,MNI,SLN was the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy from 15 July 2008 to 15 January 2011. He had a distinguished 36-year career in the Sri Lankan Navy. His career included a wide range of key appointments at sea and ashore,including training in the United Kingdom,India and the United States.
General Shantha H.S. Kottegoda,WWV,RWP,RSP,VSV,USP is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He was the seventeenth commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1 July 2004 –5 December 2005. He had served as the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Brazil and Thailand. In April 2019,following the Easter Sunday bombings he was appointed as the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defence.
Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne,WV,RWP and Bar,RSP,VSV,USP,NI(M),ndc,psn,is a retired Sri Lankan admiral,and former Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. He has also served as the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy,Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy,the Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard and held,at various times,four of the seven Naval Commands of the SLN. Wijegunaratne has also served as Director Naval Operations,and is a recipient of the Weerodara Vibhushanaya.
Vice admiral Susith Maliya Bandara Weerasekara RSP,VSV,USP,ndu,psn,MSc. (DS) Mgmt,DISS,DIDSS was a commissioned officer of the Sri Lanka Navy. He was the highest ranked senior officer of the Sri Lanka Navy at the time he was overlooked for the position of Commander of the Navy,leading to his subsequent retirement. A committee appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena found that he was politically victimised by the previous government and he was promoted to the rank of vice admiral in October 2015.
Rear Admiral Sarath Ratnakeerthi VSV,usp,ndc,psc was a Sri Lankan admiral. He once served as Sri Lanka Navy's Chief of Staff.
Major General Deshamanya Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardena,RWP,RSP,VSV,USP,was a Sri Lankan army general and politician. He was the former Provincial Governor of the Governor of North Eastern Province and Secretary to the Minister of Defence.
Admiral Jayanath Colombage,RSP,VSV,USP,FNI is a Sri Lankan flag officer and diplomat. He was the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 2022,prior to which he served as Additional Secretary to the President for foreign relations. A career naval officer,he had served as the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy,the professional head of the navy from September 2012 to June 2014.
Rear Admiral Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sarath Dissanayake RWP,RSP,VSV,USP,NDU,MMS,HDMC,ADIDSM,AIMA,JP is a retired Sri Lankan admiral. Rear Admiral Sarath Dissanayake joined Sri Lanka Navy in 1982 as an Officer Cadet of the 11th Cadet Intake. During his highly decorated naval career,Rear Admiral Dissanayake had served in many ships and establishments and imparted his hard-earned experience and knowledge for the progress of the Navy.
Anthony Rohan Amarasinghe,RSP,VSV,USP,psc,MNI,SLN was a distinguished Sri Lankan admiral. He served as the Director of Naval Rapid Action Boat Squadron,Director Naval Operations,Commander Southern Naval Area (ComSouth),Director General Personnel and Training,Commander North Central Naval Area (ComNorCen),Commander Western Naval Area (ComWest) and Commander Eastern Naval Area (ComEast). He retired from the active service in 2014 upon reaching a mandatory retirement age of 55 for Sri Lankan Armed Forces Personnel. At the time of his retirement,he was the third most senior executive officer behind Commander of the Navy and the Chief of Staff.
General Gerard Hector "Gerry" de Silva,RWP,VSV,USP was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He is the 5th Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University since 20 January 2020. He was the 13th Commander of the Sri Lankan Army and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan.
Rear Admiral Y. N. Jayarathna,RWP,RSP,USP is a retired Sri Lankan admiral and hydrographer. He served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy and Joint chief Hydrographer to the Government of Sri Lanka,former Commandant of the Naval and Maritime Academy and Commanding Officer,4th Fast Attack Flotilla.
Admiral Piyal De Silva,WWV &Bar,RWP,RSP,VSV,USP is a former senior Sri Lankan naval officer. He was the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy from 2019 to 2020.
Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne,RSP and Bar,VSV,USP is a former senior Sri Lanka Navy officer. He served as 24th Commander of the Navy of the Sri Lanka Navy and current Sri Lankan Ambassador to Cuba.
Major General Sanjeewa Munasinghe,RWP,RSP,VSV,USP is a Sri Lankan military physician. He was the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and former Director General,Army Health Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps.
Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera,RSP,VSV,USP is a retired Sri Lankan admiral. He served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy.
Air Marshal R. A. Udeni P. Rajapaksa RSP &two Bars,VSV,USP is a senior Sri Lanka Air Force officer and pilot currently serving as Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force since June 2023. Previously,he served as Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force,Director Air Operations,Base Commander SLAF Katunayake and Commandant of the Air Force Academy China Bay.
Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera,RSP and Bar,USP is a Sri Lankan admiral. He is the incumbent Commander of the Navy of the Sri Lanka Navy.
Rana Sura Padakkama 
Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya 
Uttama Seva Padakkama 
Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal 
Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal 
Riviresa Campaign Services Medal 
