567:. The government arrested and prosecuted the Commandant, Deputy Commandant, four volunteer battalion commanding officers, and junior officers including the staff officer, CVF HQ. Following the attempted coup, the two regular and three volunteer battalions suspected to be involved were disbanded along with the CVF headquarters. The functions of the CVF headquarters were transferred to the Army headquarters. Till 1962, volunteer regiments and battalion recruited officers and other ranks directly through sponsorships or applications. Which allowed for battalions to recruit from a particular geographical area such as the Kandy-based
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587:, the volunteer force expanded along with the regular force and since 1993 remained mobilized throughout the war and after. The volunteer force proved to be a means of recruiting officers and other ranks that could not be otherwise be recruited into the regular force, due to age and qualification restrictions. Volunteer units played a vital role in Sri Lankan civil war in battles such as the
1266:, which is shorter in duration to the counterparts in the regular force and followed up with annual refresher training camps. Potential officers are mostly recruited between the ages of 18 and 26 years (regular force its 18 and 22 years) as officers cadets, who follow the Volunteer Commissioning Course (Volunteer Officer Cadet Intake) at the
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Volunteer Force (CVF). Many Second World War veterans were serving in the CVF at the time and in the post-Independence years, the CVF played an important role while a new regular army was forming. During this time the CVF was
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Regular Reserve, which comprises personal who have a mobilization obligation following their service in the regular army. The SLAVF consists of the volunteer force and the volunteer reserve; administration and recruitment of reserve personal is carried out by the Volunteer Force Headquarters
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In 1939, the CDF was mobilized and an enormous expansion took place that required raising new units such as the Post and
Telegraph Signals, the Ceylon Railway Engineer Corps, the Ceylon Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Corps, the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the Ceylon Corps of Military Police,
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Volunteer Corps. This move addressed the disbanding of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment in 1874. The Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was originally administered as a single
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Volunteer Force is to be a versatile and efficient organization through training while being a reliable outfit and ready to assist and support the Regular Force during any eventuality locally or internationally
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1514:References
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