Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force

It is headquartered at SLNS Lanka, Welisara, and is tasked with a support and complementary role to the navy, partly by serving as a pool of civilian talent and expertise otherwise lacking in (and not regularly required by) the regular naval force, and partly by acting as a reserve force during times of war.

[2] With Ceylonese independence on the horizon, the Government of Ceylon selected a core cadre of 100 servicemen and officers from the CRNVR to form a more regular arm of its military, in the late 1940s.

[1] Since then, the SLVNF has been a key support mechanism to the Sri Lanka Navy during its operations in the Eelam Wars.

Citizens with a professional civilian career, in the state- or private sector are eligible to volunteer as officers of the SLVNF, provided they meet educational and professional qualification requirements.

[1] All members of the SLVNF are entitled to pensions and other remunerations on the same scale as the regular force.