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The Navy participates in national and international exercises

Exercises are part of our core activity. We rehearse in order to know how to act in real situations.

Through national exercises, the Navy is developing the defence of our home country. The exercises range from exercises at basic-unit level to extensive joint exercises involving all the capabilities and units of the Navy.

Exercises together with other authorities improve our readiness to contribute to comprehensive security in society and to providing support to other authorities. Together with other authorities, the Navy practices such activities as oil spill response, rescue operations at sea and the clearing of underwater explosives.

Through international exercises, our capacity to act as part of a multinational unit improves, as does our readiness to participate in international crisis management operations led by, for instance, the UN, the European Union or NATO. International cooperation supports our national exercises and the development of our maritime defence.

Coastal Fleet rehearses winter operations

Coastal Fleet rehearses winter operations

The Coastal Fleet’s annual winter operations exercise Lumiukko 24 is being conducted in the Gulf of Finland and the Archipelago Sea from 27 February until 7 March 2024.
22.2.2024 | 13.42
Freezing Winds 23 ends – Cooperation of Allies intensifies in the Baltic Sea

Freezing Winds 23 ends – Cooperation of Allies intensifies in the Baltic Sea

Exercise Freezing Winds 23 led by the Finnish Navy will come to an end on Friday 1 December. The exercise involved protecting the Finnish coast and maritime traffic by conducting naval operations in cooperation between the Finnish Army, Navy and Air Force, Allies and Partners.
29.11.2023 | 13.26
Finnish warship to attend Exercise Sandy Coast 23 in the North Sea

Finnish warship to attend Exercise Sandy Coast 23 in the North Sea

The Coastal Fleet’s mine countermeasures vessel Vahterpää will attend Exercise Sandy Coast in the North Sea from 18 August to 1 September 2023.
17.8.2023 | 8.53

Recognized maritime picture sharing and commanding detachments were rehearsed in the Baltic Sea

The Finnish Navy rehearsed with the United States, Sweden and Estonia in the Northern Baltic Sea from 10 to 11 August.
11.8.2023 | 16.46
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