According to a statement released yesterday by the Ministry of Defense, all the 16 officers promoted graduated from the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University in Sri Lanka.
The corporals skipped six ranks while those promoted from the rank of private skipped seven ranks up to the rank of Lieutenant.
The 16 officers promoted to the rank of Lieutenant join other 663 RDF officers whose promotion from the rank of second-Lieutenant to Lieutenant was approved by the cabinet meeting in August 8, last year.
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