Lance corporal
Snowy was born on 2 March 2004 at the Commando Regiment Headquarters in Ganemulla, and began training in September of that year under his handler Lance corporal D.H.P. Sampath under the supervision of Captain (armed forces) Vimukthi Jayasinghe. Snowy's first deployment was to the Jaffna peninsula. In 2006, he was credited with discovering a hidden ammunition dump in Neduntheevu, and finding an LTTE safehouse and weapons cache at the University of Jaffna. Snowy also helped track down suspects during several bomb attacks in the Jaffna area.