Wasantha Karannagoda

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name= Wasantha Karannagoda
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caption= Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda RSP, USP,
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rank=Vice Admiral
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battles= Sri Lankan Civil War
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Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda RSP, VSV,USP, MBA, MSc, ndc, psc, DISS, PISS, MRIN, MNI, SLN since 1 September 2005, is the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy of Sri Lanka, the most senior serving officer in the Sri Lanka Navy. Before serving as the Commander of the Navy he has commanded four Operational Naval Commands on seven occasions. He has the distinction of being the only officer to be considered to the highest seating of the Commander of the Navy of the straight from a Naval Area Command. [ [http://www.navy.lk/ http://www.navy.lk | Home ] ]

After assuming command of the Navy, He changed the modus operandi of sri lankan navy operations by increasing deep sea operations against LTTE arms. This ensured the success of Naval operations against the LTTE with the destruction of over eight LTTE ships within the past one year.

He possesses Masters in Business Administration as well as in Defence Studies. He is also a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Nautical Institute of the United Kingdom. Vice Admiral Karannagoda is an product of Ananda College Colombo.

During his naval carrier he has held many signore commands included four Operational Naval Commands on seven occasions – Northern, Eastern and Western Commands twice each and North Central once, for a total period spanning six years, first ever Director General (Operations) at Naval Headquarters, Director Naval Projects and Plans, Director Naval Personnel and Training, Commandant of the Naval & Maritime Academy, Deputy Area Commander (West), Deputy Area Commander (North) and Deputy Area Commander (East), Deputy Area Commander (south).

As a Navigator, he has severed many years at sea and his sea career terminated in 1992 on board SLNS Wickrama (sori lanka navy sip) with the abdication of command and duties as the Commander of the 7th Surveillance Command Squadron.

During his years in the navy he has been awarded the Rana Sura Padakkama medal, the Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, the Uttama Seva Padakkama service medals and several other service and campaign medals which includes Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal, North and East Operations Medal, Purna Bhumi Padakkama, Riviresa Campaign Services Medal, Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services Medal, Sri Lanka Navy 50th Anniversary Medal, , President's Inauguration Medal and the 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal. He is an alumni of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii, the Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University in Washington D.C., the Royal Naval Staff College in the United Kingdom, National Defence College of Pakistan.

References

* [http://www.navy.lk www.navy.lk]