Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe and Mrs. Malathie Samarasinghe were among the distinguished list of invitees at the banquet and dinner dance held by the Chief of US Navy Admiral Gary Roughead and Mrs. Roughead. The Banquet was attended by five hundred guests including ninety-six Chiefs of Navies who were attending the International Sea Power Symposium 2009 at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.Pictured here are Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe and Mrs. Malathie Samarasinghe with Chief of US Navy Admiral Gary Roughead and Mrs. Roughead.