Office of the Chief of Defence Staff

The Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS)^[1] is the Sri Lanka Armed Forces operational level headquarters of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), responsible for coordinating joint armed force's operations. However the respective service commands have much autonomy for their deployments.

It was formally known as the Joint Operations Headquarters (JOH). The JOH was created in 1999 replacing the civilian Joint Operations Bureau which had existed briefly in 1999. The origins of the JOH could be traced back to the Joint Operations Command (JOC) established in 1985 due to the need of co-ordination of operations among the tri-services and the police with the escalation of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The head of the JOC is the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), currently [].^[2] The duties of the CDS was extended by the Chief of Defence Staff Act No. 35 of 2009.^[3] JOH is located in Colombo.

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Sri Lankan national security organisations

National Security Council	Office of the President of Sri Lanka Minister of Defence Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff Ministry of Public Order Inspector General of Police

Cabinet-level Ministry	Ministry of Defence Ministry of Public Order

Military branches	Army Navy Air Force

Law enforcement	Sri Lanka Police Service Criminal Investigation Department Special Task Force Sri Lanka Customs Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police

Paramilitary	Civil Security Force Sri Lanka Coast Guard

Intelligence	Directorate of Military Intelligence State Intelligence Service

Special forces units	Police Special Task Force Army Special Forces Regiment Commando Regiment Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Air Force Air Force Regiment Special Force Navy Special Boat Squadron

Protective security	President's Security Division Prime Minister's Security Division Sri Lanka Police Mounted Division

Office of the Chief of Defence Staff

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