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Training and education Our students are Naval cadets Petty officers and Reserve officer students . Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn | Print Share via Email Naval Academy P.O.BOX 5 FI-00191 HELSINKI Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, Hel...

2.4.2026 | For several years, the Navy has been developing a comprehensive capability to produce virtual exercises to train soldiers with better skills. This time, the Navy is piloting a procedure exercise for the virtual training environment for trainees to practise situations involving damages on a vessel in a setting that simulates reality.

Conscript training in the Navy It is great that you are interested in or that you have been ordered to carry out your military service or your voluntary military service for women in the Navy. The Navy offers versatile, interesting and challenging...

The training of petty officers The petty officers study on basic, general, and master-level courses. Petty officers are hands-on experts who work as conscript instructors and in tasks requiring special skills and knowhow. They regularly attend fur...

The training of naval cadets Those cadets who want to become Navy Officers study in the Naval Academy in Suomenlinna. Cadets study subjects that are common to all services at the National Defence University in Santahamina. Their service-specific a...

The training of Navy reserve officers About three percent of Navy conscripts are accepted to the Reserve Officer Course. Most of them study at the Naval Academy in Suomenlinna. Some of the Navy reserve officer students attend the Army Academy . In...

Training areas of the Finnish Navy The Navy carries out its statutory training task. Firing exercises with live ammunition are a requirement when training soldiers. Blind ammunition and simulators cannot completely replace live exercises. Movement...

The German Navy's Training Tall Ship Gorch Fock is visiting Helsinki 28 August-1 September 2022. The ship, which is almost 90 metres long, will berth at Katajanokka during the visit.

In war and crisis situations, the Finnish Defence Forces needs an ability to dispose of explosives at the bottom of the sea and on the ground. These technically demanding and lengthy course entities are not ones that can be completed in a minimum of time, so the needed competence should already be available. Hiring high-quality professional units on a permanent basis would, however, take up a big slice out of the defence budget.

Nyland Brigade trains versatile coastal ranger troops with high performance capability Training The Nyland Brigade trains, among others, companies with coastal jaegers, mortar gunners and engineers as well as headquarters and signal companies, mil...

Exercise Atrain 23, led by the Coastal Brigade, will be held 26 May - 2 June 2023. The exercise activities will concentrate on the coast of the Gulf of Finland and the sea areas between the Hanko Peninsula and Hamina.

Competent reservists with high performance capability are an important part of the Navy capacity The naval reserve officer training is a versatile, ascending package of training, in which the various forms of reserve training support each other. T...

Coastal Fleet trains conscripts in many demanding tasks, most on the vessels. Service time varies from 165 days to 255 and 365 day.

27.4.2026 | Kainuu Brigade will lead several exercises in Kainuu during May. The exercises will be executed primarily in Vuosanka and its immediate surroundings.

What does the Naval Academy do? We train and educate skilled military professionals for the diverse circumstances at sea and on the coast. Our research supports and helps to develop all the Finnish Navy. Approximately 350 students attend the Naval...

Conscripts at Nyland Brigade The Nyland Brigade is planned, equipped and trained for battle missions in the demanding special conditions along the coast and in the archipelago. The Nyland Brigade produces among others coastal jaeger, mortar, engin...

The Coastal Brigade operates in all conditions on the coast 24/7 all year round Coastal Brigade consists of Headquarter and three divisions. Those three are: Porkkala Coastal Battalion: Support Company, Transport Company, Military Police Company a...

Welcome to the Finnish Navy! The In Service with us section provides information for the new recruits entering military service and Navy reservists. The Navy is one of the three services of the Finnish Defence Forces. A total of approximately 3,50...

As a conscript in the Naval Academy The Naval Academy takes in conscripts for the Reserve Officer Course that is organized twice a year. In addition to this, conscripts serve at the school as ship’s cooks, graphic designers and with special tasks ...

22.4.2026 | The Finnish Defence Forces participated in cyber defence exercise Locked Shields 26 in a joint team with the National Defence Training Association NDTA, Estonia and the United States. Constantly changing cyber threats do not know national borders, so training together and developing the cyber capability is increasingly important.