Naval and Maritime Academy

OPENING ADDRESS OF THE 68TH CADET ENTRY INTAKE

 

The Naval and Maritime Academy held the Opening Address of the 68th Cadet Entry Intake of Officer Under Trainees (OUTs) on 21st August 2025 at the Mini Auditorium. Commander Dulip Fernando, Officer Training Officer of the Academy, graced the event as the Chief Guest, along with the Divisional Officers and the Directing Staff of the Officer Training Wing.

The 68th intake comprises 57 trainees, including 14 lady officer cadets and one foreign officer cadet from the Bangladesh Navy. Addressing them, Commander Dulip Fernando stressed the importance of knowledge, leadership, discipline, and integrity in shaping them into professional Naval Officers. Further, he emphasised not to let down the hopes and expectations of the Sri Lanka Navy, their parents, and the Naval and Maritime Academy.

The ceremony concluded with renewed motivation and a sense of pride among the trainees, marking the beginning of their transformative journey at the Naval and Maritime Academy.

68 වන ශිෂ්‍යභට බඳවා ගැනීමේ ආරම්භක දේශනය


නාවික හා සාගරික විද්‍යාපීඨය විසින් 2025 අගෝස්තු 21 වන දින කුඩා ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී 68 වන කැඩෙට් නිලධාරි බඳවා ගැනීමේ සමාරම්භක දේශනය පවත්වන ලදී. නිලධාරි පුහුණු කිරිමේ නිලධාරීතුමා වන කොමාන්ඩර් දුලිප් ප්‍රනාන්දු නිලධාරිතුමා ප්‍රධාන ආරාධිත අමුත්තා ලෙස සහභාගී වූ අතර, නිලධාරී පුහුණු අංශයේ අංශභාර නිලධාරීන් සහ උපදේශක මණ්ඩලය ද සහභාගී විය.

68 වන බඳවා ගැනීමට කැඩෙට් නිලධාරිනියන් 14 දෙනෙකු සහ බංගලාදේශ නාවික හමුදාවේ එක් කැඩෙට් නිලධාරියෙකු ඇතුළුව පුහුණුවන්නන් 57 දෙනෙකු ඇතුළත් වේ. ඔවුන් අමතමින් කොමාන්ඩර් දුලිප් ප්‍රනාන්දු නිලධාරිතුමා, ඔවුන් වෘත්තීය නාවික නිලධාරීන් බවට පත් කිරීමේදී දැනුම, නායකත්වය, විනය සහ අඛණ්ඩතාවයේ වැදගත්කම අවධාරණය කළේය. තවද, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාවේ, ඔවුන්ගේ දෙමාපියන්ගේ සහ නාවික හා සාගරික විද්‍යාපීඨයේ බලාපොරොත්තු සහ අපේක්ෂාවන් කඩනොකරන ලෙස ඔහු අවධාරණය කළේය.

නාවික හා සාගරික විද්‍යාපීඨයේ ඔවුන්ගේ පරිවර්තනීය ගමනේ ආරම්භය සනිටුහන් කරමින්, පුහුණුවන්නන් අතර නව අභිප්‍රේරණයක් සහ අභිමානනීය හැඟීමක් ඇතිව උත්සවය අවසන් විය.

68 வது கேடட் நுழைவுப் பிரிவின் தொடக்க முகவரி


கடற்படை மற்றும் கடல்சார் அகாடமி 68வது கேடட் அதிகாரி ஆட்சேர்ப்புக்கான தொடக்க விரிவுரையை ஆகஸ்ட் 21, 2025 அன்று சிறிய ஆடிட்டோரியத்தில் நடத்தியது. அதிகாரி பயிற்சி அதிகாரி கமாண்டர் துலிப் பெர்னாண்டோ பிரதம விருந்தினராக கலந்து கொண்டார்,அதிகாரி பயிற்சிப் பிரிவு மற்றும் ஆலோசனைக் குழுவின் பொறுப்பாளர்களும் பங்கேற்றனர்.

68வது ஆட்சேர்ப்பில் வங்காளதேச கடற்படையைச் சேர்ந்த 14 பெண் கேடட்கள் மற்றும் ஒரு ஆண் கேடட் உட்பட 57 பயிற்சியாளர்கள் உள்ளனர். அவர்களிடம் உரையாற்றிய தளபதி துலீப் பெர்னாண்டோ, அவர்களை தொழில்முறை கடற்படை அதிகாரிகளாக மாற்றுவதில், அறிவு,தலைமைத்துவம், ஒழுக்கம் மற்றும் நேர்மை ஆகியவற்றின் முக்கியத்துவத்தை அவர் வலியுறுத்தினார். இலங்கை கடற்படை, அவர்களின் பெற்றோர் மற்றும் கடற்படை மற்றும் கடல்சார் அகாடமியின் நம்பிக்கைகள் மற்றும் எதிர்பார்ப்புகளை விட்டுவிடக் கூடாது என்பதையும் அவர் வலியுறுத்தினார்.

கடற்படை மற்றும் கடல்சார் அகாடமியில் அவர்களின் மாற்றத்திற்கான பயணத்தின் தொடக்கத்தைக் குறிக்கும் வகையில், பயிற்சியாளர்களிடையே புதுப்பிக்கப்பட்ட உந்துதல் மற்றும் பெருமை உணர்வுடன் விழா நிறைவடைந்தது.

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