{"id":40558,"date":"2026-07-20T13:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=40558"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:55:47","slug":"the-gunnery-school-of-nma-commenced-the-gunnery-rate-ii-course-02-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=40558","title":{"rendered":"THE GUNNERY SCHOOL OF NMA COMMENCED THE GUNNERY RATE II COURSE 02\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40558\" class=\"elementor elementor-40558\" 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-b2bb9a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2bb9a3\" 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-3697017\" data-id=\"3697017\" 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-5cea818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-htmega-tab-addons\" data-id=\"5cea818\" 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-5cea8181\" data-toggle=\"htbtab\" role=\"tab\">English |<\/a><a class=\"htb-nav-link  elementor-repeater-item-890cb66\" href=\"#htmegatab-5cea8182\" data-toggle=\"htbtab\" role=\"tab\">\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0d82\u0dc4\u0dbd |<\/a><a class=\"htb-nav-link  elementor-repeater-item-261482a\" href=\"#htmegatab-5cea8183\" 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-5cea8181\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"htmega-tab-content\"><h2>\nTHE GUNNERY SCHOOL OF NMA COMMENCED THE GUNNERY RATE II COURSE 02\/2026\n<\/h2>\n<br>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        The Opening Ceremony of the Gunnery Rate II was held at the Gunnery School of the Naval &amp; Maritime Academy (NMA) on 20<sup>th<\/sup> July 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\nThe course comprises of twenty nine (29) Junior Sailors. The primary objective of this course is to augment theoretical and practical knowledge on gunnery subject which is required to perform their duties professionally as competent gunnery sailors in the gunnery branch of the Sri Lanka Navy.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"> \n        Further, the official inauguration ceremony was graced by Cdr (G) SPIK Senanayake, RSP,psc the Officer  in Charge of the Gunnery School and other officers, senior and junior instructors of the Gunnery School of NMA.    \n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"htmega-single-tab htb-tab-pane htb-fade  elementor-repeater-item-890cb66\" id=\"htmegatab-5cea8182\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"htmega-tab-content\"><h2>\n\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 II \u0dc3\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0db8\u0dca \u0dbd\u0dd0\u0db6\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dda 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