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My self and all badge mates had to our uniform, Power of command, not the cadets
undergone this unexpected lesson learning but the master DI & his team, sometimes too
experience due to lack of discipline and I smart drills from smart cadets. I am pretty sure
believe as officers we should know the gravity that parade ground was the bed rock of our naval
of discipline as militants or the combatants discipline…
of Sri Lanka Navy. Let me quote this perfect As naval officer cadets we all had fond
saying which emphasizes the prominence of memories of our drowsy class rooms where
the Discipline. I quote “The Disciplined are the we really mastered how to sleep well while
noblest of the Men” The motto of our Alma
Matre, The Naval & Maritime Academy pretending that we are really interested and truly
studious to our dedicated instructors. We had to
I was just memorizing the very first do that to showcase our discipline and conduct
joining party which was organized and executed while having very innocent compromisation
by our honoured divisional officer and his able with our exhausted mind set with incomparable
team just after the inaugural address made by dedication of our instructors of naval academy.
the commandant. Anyway that interested party
was a complete package of doubling, rolling, Today as a Lieutenant Commander, I
crawling, baby carrying, fireman lift and what have a nice idea to rephrase a famous saying
not.. expressed by the great leader ‘Julious Ceser’
To be honest, I was in a dilemma, why do while adducing the most vital word of Discipline.
Some of readers will laugh on this, but if you
all divisional officers following the slogan of Sri think a little this is true eventually. It goes like
Lanka Insurance. Yes of course it’s ‘Like a mother that,
Like a father take care of your poor cadets day
and night. All officers who had strenuous training ‘Without Discipline - They lacked Training
at Naval and Maritime Academy exactly know Without training -They lacked knowledge
the amusing meaning of above saying. Without knowledge -They lacked confidence
Without confidence -They lacked victorious’
I must mention here thoroughly that
joining party convinced a very serious life lesson Hence this amended saying implies
to me. That is ‘Thousands of steps begin with one that discipline matters greatly in the process of
step anyhow’ may be push start and sometimes achieving victories whether at sea or ground.
kick start from your honoured Divisional Officer. I’m reiterating and emphasizing that Discipline
Even though these punishments caused to lose is very instrumental in the process of moulding
my consciousness, moral, and self-discipline disciplined men or the noble men to Sri Lanka
still, I was bound and responsible there to Navy and my beloved mother lanka.
ensure one particular quality, that is nothing
but ‘Discipline’. Because discipline was the most So as proud members of a victorious
significant demarcation between a civilian and organization, let’s be disciplined and set a
naval person. better personnel example to our subordinates,
to highlight SLN as an exemplary icon to whole
As a junior officer cadet, it was a real public and private sectors of Sri Lanka as there is
challenge for me to adapt with the routine of a considerable lacuna in self-discipline.
naval Academy. Getting up early in the morning
with wakey-wakey, physical trainings, endurance It’s a massive need of today as we are
marches, obstacle crossings, gym tables, battle bound and responsible on that, and further as
PTs and what not? But one foremost aspect was we were trained disciplined men to serve our
demanded highly through these exercises. That mother Sri Lanka…
is Discipline, because the Disciplined are the
noblest of the men. WHP Weerasinghe
Parade ground was one of a unique place Lieutenant Commander, BNS (MW)
where we were evaluated for the neatness of NRX 2483
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