Editing Commandant (section)

==Sri Lanka==
In Sri Lanka, the [[Commandant of the Volunteer Force]] is the head of the [[Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force]]. Commandant is also the title used for the [[commanding officer]] ([[one-star rank]]) of military academies - [[Sri Lanka Military Academy]], [[Naval and Maritime Academy]] and [[Air Force Academy, China Bay|Air Force Academy]] - and the commanding officer ([[two-star rank]]) of the [[Defence Services Command and Staff College]]. It is also the title of the de facto [[Chancellor (education)|vice-chancellor]] of the [[General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University]], usually an officer of two-star rank.

[[Colonel-Commandant|Colonel-commandant]] is an honorary post in [[corps]] of the army and the [[Sri Lanka National Guard]], similar to that of [[Colonel of the Regiment]] found in infantry regiments. The post of centre commandant is the commanding officer of a corps or regiment. Commandant is the head of the [[Special Task Force (Sri Lanka)|Special Task Force]] of the [[Sri Lanka Police]].