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Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group One (SNMCMG1) will conduct historical ordnance scanning and disposal in the Gulf of Finland, off the coast of Hanko and Porkkalanniemi, from 3 to 14 November 2025.

The Finnish Navy’s Coastal Fleet is to participate in the international mine countermeasures exercise Dynamic Move 2024 in Belgium from 22 January to 2 February. Dynamic Move is an annual, command-post exercise, which is led by NATO Allied Maritime Command.

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.

The commander of the United States Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, Vice Admiral Thomas E. Ishee will visit the Finnish Navy on Monday, 19 June.

The Finnish Navy continues close cooperation with NATO in the Baltic Sentry surveillance operation in the Baltic Sea. PGG Hanko, a Hamina-class fast-attack missile craft, joins SNMG1 (Standing NATO Maritime Group 1) on Monday, 31 March.

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

The autumn’s main exercise Freezing Winds 23 led by the Finnish Navy will be held from 20 November to 1 December 2023. In addition to the Finnish Navy, troops from the Finnish Army and Air Force, the Swedish Navy and several Allies will participate in this international naval exercise. Freezing Winds 23 is the first major naval exercise led by Finland as a member of NATO.

Coastal Fleet participates in the international mine countermeasures exercise Dynamic Move 2023 in Belgium from 23 January to 3 February.

NATO’s enhanced Vigilance Activity (eVA) in the Baltic Sea is an integral part of the alliance’s collective defence. For the Finnish Navy, the enhanced NATO activity means increased presence at sea, heightened surveillance and exchange of information as well as increasing amount of exercising with the allies.

The Finnish Navy-led international naval exercise Freezing Winds 24 will end on Friday 29 November.

The Finnish Navy committed Katanpää-class mine countermeasures vessels MHC Katanpää and MHC Purunpää to the Nato Response Force’s Follow on Forces pool for 2022. Participating in the NATO Response Force, NRF, enhances the capability and interoperability of the Finnish Navy’s vessels and troops and its readiness to commit units to naval crisis management missions.

The autumn’s main exercise Freezing Winds 24, led by the Finnish Navy, will be held in southern Finland and in the Northern Baltic Sea from 18 to 29 November 2024. In addition to the Finnish Navy, troops from the Finnish Army and Air Force, the Logistics Command and the Border Guard will participate in the international naval exercise. Several Allies will also participate. Areas in proximity to south...

2.6.2023 | Finnish Navy’s Coastal Fleet participates in the exercise BALTOPS 23 3 - 17 June 2023 in the Baltic Sea. The exercise is led by the Commander of the US Navy’s 6th Fleet.

20.4.2026 | Merivoimien esikunta isännöi BALTOPS 2026:n suunnittelukokouksen Turussa 14. – 16.4.2026.

28.12.2021 | The Navy commits a Katanpää-class mine countermeasures vessel to the NATO Response Force’s Follow on Forces pool for 2022.

13.3.2026 | Baltic Commanders Conference samlade befälhavarna för Östersjöregionens flottor och Natos marintaktiska ledning MARCOM samt befälhavarna för CTF Baltic i Åbo 10–12.3.2026.

Merivoimat jatkaa yhteistä Baltic Sentry -valvontatoimintaa Itämerellä Naton kanssa tiiviisti. Hamina-luokan ohjusvene Hanko liittyy osaksi Naton pysyvää laivasto-osasto SNMG1:tä (Standing Nato Maritime Group 1) tänään maanantaina 31.3.

NATO:n pysyvän valmiuden miinantorjuntaosasto SNMCMG1 (Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 1) suorittaa historiallisten merimiinojen etsintää ja raivauksia Suomenlahdella, Hangon ja Porkkalanniemen edustalla 3.-14.11.

Merivoimien johtama Freezing Winds 23-harjoitus päättyy 1.12. Harjoituksessa suojattiin Suomen rannikkoa ja meriliikennettä puolustushaarojen, liittolaisten sekä kumppanien kanssa yhteistoiminnassa merioperaatioita toteuttamalla.

Yhdysvaltain 6. Laivaston ja STRIKFORNATO:n komentaja, vara-amiraali Thomas E. Ishee tutustuu Merivoimiin maanantaina 19.6.