Contrastive Analysis of German and Sri Lankan Military Officers’ Training

Abstract

It is a well-known fact that the military plays an important role in every country. This work explores the military services and training of German and Sri Lankan Military officers and examines the similarities and differences. This study is particularly relevant for those who are interested in the military and want to further examine the analytical aspects of the military training. This work is a document analyse. The medium of data and material collection for military training was books and trusted websites. For easy assimilation, attention is drawn to Global Content Analysis for formulating this analyse. First, the details of both countries' militaries were collected and the differences and similarities were compared. The main objective of this work is to get a general overview of military training in Sri Lanka and Germany. Only the officer training is discussed in this paper and there are two Military academies for officer training in Sri Lanka. They are namely The Military Academy of Sri Lanka (SLMA) in Diyatalawa and The General Sir John Kotelawala Defense Academy in Ratmalana and Sooriyawewa. Further, there are opportunities for selected military Officers to follow the Military training programs overseas too. The training of the German army is completely different from that of the Sri Lankan army. Germany has a unique system for civilian and military training. The main military academy in Germany is the Bundeswehr Command and Staff Academy (FüAkBw), where mainly future officers receive their training. This paper can be studied to get an overview of the military training in Sri Lanka and Germany and can be utilized to gain knowledge to differentiate as to what aspects to be developed in the military.