{"id":40215,"date":"2026-07-06T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=40215"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:07:25","slug":"the-gunnery-school-of-nma-has-ceremonially-commenced-the-gunnery-rate-i-course-01-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=40215","title":{"rendered":"THE GUNNERY SCHOOL OF NMA HAS CEREMONIALLY COMMENCED THE GUNNERY RATE I COURSE 01\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40215\" class=\"elementor elementor-40215\" 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-5663642 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5663642\" 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-2fb221c\" data-id=\"2fb221c\" 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-3dcc6f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-htmega-tab-addons\" data-id=\"3dcc6f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"htmega-tab-addons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t            <div class=\"htmega-tab-area htmega-tab-style-\">\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"htmega-tab-nav htb-nav htmega-tab-menu-style-\" role=\"tablist\">\r\n                    <a class=\"htb-nav-link htb-active htb-show elementor-repeater-item-04b5554\" href=\"#htmegatab-3dcc6f01\" data-toggle=\"htbtab\" role=\"tab\">English |<\/a><a class=\"htb-nav-link  elementor-repeater-item-890cb66\" href=\"#htmegatab-3dcc6f02\" data-toggle=\"htbtab\" role=\"tab\">\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0d82\u0dc4\u0dbd |<\/a><a class=\"htb-nav-link  elementor-repeater-item-261482a\" href=\"#htmegatab-3dcc6f03\" data-toggle=\"htbtab\" role=\"tab\">\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd<\/a>                <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"htmega-tab-content-area htb-tab-content\">\r\n                    <div class=\"htmega-single-tab htb-tab-pane htb-fade htb-active htb-show elementor-repeater-item-04b5554\" id=\"htmegatab-3dcc6f01\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"htmega-tab-content\"><h2>THE GUNNERY SCHOOL OF NMA HAS CEREMONIALLY COMMENCED THE GUNNERY RATE I COURSE 01\/2026<\/h2>\n<br>\n\n<p align=\"justify\">The Opening Ceremony of the gunnery rate I was held at the gunnery school of the Naval &amp; Maritime Academy (NMA) on 06 July 2026.<\/p>\n\n<p align=\"justify\">The course comprises of nine (09) junior sailors. The primary objective of this course is to augment theoretical and practical knowledge on gunnery subjects which are required to perform their duties professionally as competent gunnery sailors in the gunnery branch of the Sri Lanka Navy.<\/p>\n\n<p align=\"justify\">Further, the official inauguration ceremony was graced by LCdr (G) DLLD Liyanage, the officer  in charge of the gunnery school, and other officers, senior and junior instructors of the gunnery school of NMA.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"htmega-single-tab htb-tab-pane htb-fade  elementor-repeater-item-890cb66\" id=\"htmegatab-3dcc6f02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"htmega-tab-content\"><h2>\u0d85\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dbb\u0dd4 \u0d85\u0d82\u0dc1\u0dba\u0dda \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dba\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0d9c\u0dda \u0d85\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dbb\u0dd4 I \u0dc3\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0db8\u0dca \u0dbd\u0dd0\u0db6\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dda 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