"The Army is already in the barracks. When we are called upon we go," Army chief Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said in a briefing in Colombo.
"Like any other army we were engaged in post conflict action to help the government machinery to restore everything back to normal, we are glad to say we have done that in three years."
Sri Lanka Army is heavily involved in post war reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlement efforts in the North and East where thousands of civilians were displaced due to heavy fighting between government forces and the Tamil Tigers.
"Reconstruction work we do it beyond civilian capacity. We do it faster and I m sure people appreciate it," Jayasuriya said.
The Army says military strength in Jaffna has reduced to ten thousand troops from about forty five