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20.7.2026 | Chief of Defence Command Finland, Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen visited Italy last week. Topics of discussion included defence cooperation between Finland and Italy, crisis management operations and NATO cooperation.

20.7.2026 | The President of the Republic has appointed Colonel Antti Lautala to the general staff for the period 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2031 and has ordered him to serve as Deputy Section Chief at Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, USA.

13.7.2026 | France celebrates its national day on 14 July and will organise a military parade on the Champs-Elysées. The theme of the parade is the strategic awakening of Europe.

Pohjanmaa-class to strengthen Finland's defence capability The Pohjanmaa-class corvettes ensure that the Navy will be able to carry out its statutory defense tasks in the future and control the sea and archipelago areas that are important for its ...

22.10.2025 | A detachment from the United States Marine Corps (USMC), Marine Rotational Force - Europe, led by Combat Logistics Battalion 6, are arriving to Finland and will train together with Nyland Brigade until the end of December. The detachment will have a strength of around 350 Marines by the beginning of November and will be stationed in Nyland Brigade.

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...

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...

Nyland Brigade Nyland brigade maintain readiness and educate modern and efficient troops for naval defence purposes. Read more Nyland Brigade Conscript info Navy Information for conscripts that start service in July 2023 and also information about...

10.08.2026–14.08.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate in Rovajärvi firing range 10 - 14 AUG 2026 daily 8:00 - 20:00 hrs. The Danger area extends to training area 4 and is bordered: in south Sammaljär...

14.09.2026–18.09.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate in Rovajärvi firing range 14 - 18 SEP 2026 daily 8:00 - 21:00 hrs. The Danger area extends to training areas 2 and 4 and is bordered: in south Sa...

03.08.2026–18.08.2026 Hukkakero, Kittilä Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate decommissioned explosives in Hukkakero in Kittilä 3-18 Aug 2026 daily between 08:00 and 22:00 hours including weekends. Selkä-Mäntypää - Paartoselkä - Lep...

Squadron 2020 The Squadron 2020 combat vessel project is the Defence Forces’ strategic capability project. For Finland’s defence capability the project is significant. The project to replace the Navy’s combat vessels was launched in 2015, and an i...

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...

10.08.2026–14.08.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate in Rovajärvi firing range 10 - 14 AUG 2026 daily 8:00 - 20:00 hrs. The Danger area extends to training area 4 and is bordered: in south Sammaljär...

Finnish Navy The Finnish Navy has three statutory tasks related to the military defence of Finland: the surveillance of our territorial waters, repelling of territorial violations and maritime attacks, and protecting sea lines of communication. Th...

03.08.2026–18.08.2026 Hukkakero, Kittilä Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate decommissioned explosives in Hukkakero in Kittilä 3-18 Aug 2026 daily between 08:00 and 22:00 hours including weekends. Selkä-Mäntypää - Paartoselkä - Lep...

Navy Command National authority for maritime defence. Lue lisää Navy Command Naval Commanders from the Baltic Sea region met in Turku Navy 13.3.2026 The aim of the conference was to strengthen dialogue and cooperation between maritime actors in th...

6.7.2026 | An international naval mines cooperation (NMC) project concerning the common procurement of naval mines has advanced to the framework agreement phase. As a representative of the lead nation, the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command has signed a contract in 25.6. with the Finnish company Forcit, on procuring the Blocker Influence Mine for the participating countries. So far Finland, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania and Norway have joined the project.

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...

14.09.2026–18.09.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate in Rovajärvi firing range 14 - 18 SEP 2026 daily 8:00 - 21:00 hrs. The Danger area extends to training areas 2 and 4 and is bordered: in south Sa...