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SLN officer graduates with honours from the US Coast Guard academy
Sub Lieutenant (First Class) Wishwa Fonseka graduated with honours in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, on May 19.
The Sri Lankan Embassy has issued the following statement: President Joseph R. Biden Jr. graced the ceremony as the Chief Guest and gave the keynote speech. Other distinguished guests present at the ceremony were Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Admiral Karl L. Schultz Commandant of the USCG. Among the graduates was Sub Lieutenant (First Class) Wishwa Fonseka. He graduated with honours in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. The Ministry of Defence and Embassy of Sri Lanka in the USA was represented at the ceremony by Air Commodore Sampath Wickremeratne, Defense Advisor at the Embassy in Washington D.C.