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Military Intelligence Corps (Sri Lanka)
Encyclopedia
The Military Intelligence Corps (MIC) is one of the corps
of the Sri Lanka Army. It is responsible for gathering, analysing and disseminating military intelligence
and also for counter-intelligence
and security
.
Corps
A corps is either a large formation, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service...
of the Sri Lanka Army. It is responsible for gathering, analysing and disseminating military intelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
and also for counter-intelligence
Counter-intelligence
Counterintelligence or counter-intelligence refers to efforts made by intelligence organizations to prevent hostile or enemy intelligence organizations from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against them. National intelligence programs, and, by extension, the overall defenses of...
and security
Security
Security is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and crime. Security as a form of protection are structures and processes that provide or improve security as a condition. The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies in the OSSTMM 3 defines security as "a form of protection...
.
Units
- 1st Battalion, Military Intelligence Corps
- 2nd Battalion, Military Intelligence Corps
- 3rd (V) Battalion, Military Intelligence Corps
- 4th Battalion, Military Intelligence Corps
- 5th Battalion, Military Intelligence Corps
- 6th (V) Battalion, Military Intelligence Corps
Notable members
- GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
L.P. Balagalle - former Commander of the Army and founder of the Military Intelligence Corps - Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
S.D. Thennakoon - former Colonel commandant of the MIC - Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
H.K.G. Hendavitharana - former Colonel commandant of the MIC - Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
A.S.P. Zaheer - former Colonel commandant of the MIC - ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
Tuan Nizam MuthaliffTuan Nizam MuthaliffColonel Tuan Nizam Muthaliff RWP, MI was the former Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Military Intelligence Corps.-Background:...
- former Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Military Intelligence Corps.