Besides, he served at Naval Headquarters as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ( Personnel ), Naval Secretary, Judge Advocate General and important Directors at Naval Headquarters, including Director of Naval Operations and Director of Naval Plans.
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He rejoined the MOD as the Director of Naval Operations in 1999 . This tour included strategic crisis direction for East Timor, Gulf and Balkans operations while in 2000, he was the crisis director for the UK Operation Palliser in support of the United Nations in Sierra Leone.
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During the final and decisive phase of Sri Lanka's War Against Terrorism, from 2006 to 2009 he served as the "'Director of Naval Operation ( DNO ) "', "'Director General Operations ( DGO ) "'and lastly the "'Commander of the Eastern Naval Area ( ComEast ) " '.
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Naval gunboats detected nine guerrilla boats armed with machine guns near Karainagar base, which is on an island off the Jaffna Peninsula, at 1 a . m . Monday ( 1900 GMT Sunday ) and opened fire, said Commodore Mohan Wijewickrema, the director of naval operations, in Colombo.
