{"id":20643,"date":"2024-06-27T05:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T05:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=20643"},"modified":"2024-06-27T05:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T05:17:17","slug":"historic-milestone-maiden-ship-diving-officer-course-at-the-naval-and-maritime-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=20643","title":{"rendered":"HISTORIC MILESTONE: MAIDEN SHIP DIVING OFFICER COURSE AT THE NAVAL AND MARITIME ACADEMY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20643\" class=\"elementor elementor-20643\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53e4410 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53e4410\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7580530\" data-id=\"7580530\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56489ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56489ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>The Naval and Maritime Academy marked a historic milestone by conducting its first ever Ship Diving Officer course, which commenced on 24<sup>th<\/sup> April 2024. This pioneering initiative represents a significant advancement in the academy&#8217;s training capabilities and sets a new benchmark for maritime education and naval preparedness of SLN.<\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Throughout the programme, candidates underwent demanding modules covering advanced diving techniques and supervising skills, designed to equip them with the expertise required for ship diving operations. Despite the challenging nature of the course, five officers successfully completed it. S\/Lt KNT Perera was awarded the title of Best Diving Officer of the course.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The closing ceremony took place on 20<\/span><sup style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">th<\/sup><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> June 2024, and was graced by Commodore Rohan Joseph, the Commandant of the Naval and Maritime Academy, alongwith academic staff. The event underscored the course&#8217;s significance in enhancing the SLN operational effectiveness and celebrated the graduates&#8217; achievements.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The successful completion of this inaugural course highlights the academy&#8217;s dedication to develop skilled naval professionals capable of meeting the complex demands of modern maritime operations, indicating a bright future of SLN Diving.<\/span><\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-098acf8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"098acf8\" 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This pioneering initiative represents a significant advancement in the academy&#8217;s training capabilities and sets a new benchmark for maritime education and naval preparedness of SLN. Throughout the programme, candidates underwent demanding &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=20643\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HISTORIC MILESTONE: MAIDEN SHIP DIVING OFFICER COURSE AT THE NAVAL AND MARITIME ACADEMY<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20643"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20673,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20643\/revisions\/20673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}