Palaly Military Base is a

military base A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. A military base always provides accommodations for o ...

located in Palaly, Northern Province of

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, and the largest on the Jaffna Peninsula. The base houses the

Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) caused by others, by restraining the freedom of others to act. Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be of persons and social ...

and is in close proximity to the naval base SLNS Uttara at Kankasanturai and air base SLAF Palaly. The

Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps The Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLMC) ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදා වෛද්‍ය බලකාය ''Shri Lanka Yuddha Hamuda Vayidya Balakaya'') is a specialist corps in the Sri Lanka Army which speciali ...

maintains a base hospital in Palaly, and hosts the 3rd Regiment of the

Sri Lanka Signals Corps The Sri Lanka Signals Corps (SLSC) (Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංඥා බලකාය ''Shri Lanka Sana Balakaya'') is a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army, responsible for providing military communications, informatio ...

as well.

References

Sri Lankan Army bases Military installations in Northern Province, Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-stub