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30.6.2026 | On Monday 6 July 2026, the conscripts of the summer contingent will report for military service in the Army. 9700 recruits will begin their military service in Army brigade-level units. Karelia Brigade, Pori Brigade and Kainuu Brigade will receive the largest numbers of recruits.

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...

30.6.2026 | The Multi-Corps Land Component Command North West (MCLCC-NW) now includes two staff officers from the United Kingdom.

06.08.2026–07.08.2026 Taipalsaari Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate in the Taipalsaari firing range on 6 Aug 2026 14:00 - 18:00 hrs and 7 Aug 2026 07:00 - 12:00 hrs. The Danger Area is the whole Taipalsaari firing range. The deto...

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...

04.09.2026–06.09.2026 Taipalsaari Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing infantry weapons in the Taipalsaari firing range on 4 – 6 Sep 2026 at all times. The Danger Area is the whole range. The firing is carried out by Army Academy. ...

04.09.2026–06.09.2026 Taipalsaari Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing infantry weapons in the Taipalsaari firing range on 4 – 6 Sep 2026 at all times. The Danger Area is the whole range. The firing is carried out by Army Academy. ...

06.08.2026–07.08.2026 Taipalsaari Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate in the Taipalsaari firing range on 6 Aug 2026 14:00 - 18:00 hrs and 7 Aug 2026 07:00 - 12:00 hrs. The Danger Area is the whole Taipalsaari firing range. The deto...

03.08.2026–07.08.2026 Hätilä, Hämeenlinna Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing infantry- and tank weapons in the Hätilä firing range on 3 Aug - 7 Aug 2026 daily at 08:00 - 24:00 hrs. The Danger Area is the whole Hätilä range. The f...

03.08.2026–07.08.2026 Hätilä, Hämeenlinna Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing infantry- and tank weapons in the Hätilä firing range on 3 Aug - 7 Aug 2026 daily at 08:00 - 24:00 hrs. The Danger Area is the whole Hätilä range. The f...

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...

15.7.2026 | Recruits who started their service in the Lapland Jaeger Battalion and the Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion swear the military oath or give the military affirmation in Keminmaa on Saturday, 8 August. The ceremony is held on the Keminmaa School Campus and sports field.

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.

17.5.2023 | 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.

14.9.2022 | On Wednesday, September 14, 1,303 conscripts will end their conscript service and be transferred to the reserve. Now 84 of the returning are women. The conscription period continues until the end of the year in which the conscript reaches the age of 60.

15.5.2019 | The Finnish Navy kicked off its Bold Quest 19.1 activities on Monday 13 May 2019. The Navy-related events of Bold Quest will be executed in the Navy Command and in the Coastal Fleet. In Bold Quest 19.1 the Finnish Navy will be developing and authenticating the interoperability and compatibility of information systems, and train in the use of fires as part of the Finnish Defence Forces’ joint fires and target acquisition process.

2.11.2018 | Defence Forces Chief of Operations, lieutenant general Eero Pyötsiä, inspected coastal troops in the Northern Coasts 18 exercise on Thursday, 01 November. During the course of the inspection he saw action of the German-Finnish harbor protection unit among others. Finnish led exercises are interesting for partner nations as the environment in Finland is quite different from that of Central Europe. Finnish Navy is an expert in the challenging, shallow waters archipelago.

8.5.2017 | MTH-17 Lyydia is an exercise arranged annually by the Finnish Navy for its naval and coastal units. The exercise will be held in the Gulf of Finland from 22 May to 1 June 2017.

8.8.2016 | The annual national naval firing exercise of the Finnish Navy, METU-16, will be held from 22 to 26 August and 29 August to 2 September 2016 in the Archipelago Sea and the Gulf of Finland. The aim of the exercise is to improve the know-how of the participating units as well as the interoperability between the services.