Sri Lanka Navy Tangalle Camp

Commander Jaggath Mutubandara brought the Navy to help up and down the coast in Southern Sri Lanka.  Cmdr Jaggath became the Hambantota District Tsunami Relief Coordinator, and lent us many hands to help with security at distributions, setting up a clinic near Camp, providing me with lanterns and some nets for the fishermen.  To have the Navy help in the village and Camp was certainly a morale booster; and helped the locals feel that they were getting attention.  The Navy deserves many thanks from all the foreign relief workers, and the locals as well.

Cmdr Jaggath inspects graduating cadets at the Tangalle Camp.  I was privileged to be invited to photograph Sri Lanka's Finest.

The Navy Band: bagpipes and drums

Cmdr Jaggath surrounded by his officers.

Commander Jaggath in his office on the base in Tangalle.

More Navy officers; wonderful men, and my friend with the beret, Mr. Mellon.

Jagath with Navy mechanics and two obm's (outboard motors) for Sisira and Nuan from the Camp.

Here Cmdr Jaggath stands with his old batch mate friend Cmdr Sam, who trains the Special Forces for the Sri Lanka Army.  They were performing joint maneuvers on the beach for training.

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