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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.

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...

19.08.2026–23.08.2026 Vattajaniemi, Lohtaja Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing infantry weapons in Lohtaja Vattajaniemi firing range on Aug 19 to Aug 23 2026 daily from 09:00 to 19:00. The danger area extends to the sea 6 kilomet...

19.08.2026–23.08.2026 Vattajaniemi, Lohtaja Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing infantry weapons in Lohtaja Vattajaniemi firing range on Aug 19 to Aug 23 2026 daily from 09:00 to 19:00. The danger area extends to the sea 6 kilomet...

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...

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...

Coastal Fleet consists of Headquarters and four squadrons: 4th Mine Countermeasures Squadron, 6th and 7th Surface Warfare Squadrons and 8th Service Support Squadron. Bases are situated in Turku and Kirkkonummi but the battleships operate around all Finnish territorial waters.

7.7.2026 | Finland has acceded to the Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) capability programme. The accession gives Finland access to flight hours with Airbus A330 MRTT multirole aircraft and strengthens Finland’s contribution to the development of NATO’s shared capabilities in aerial refuelling, strategic airlift and medical evacuation.

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.

15.5.2026 | The Finnish Navy’s spring main exercise Narrow Waters 26-1 will be held from 20 to 27 May 2026. Exercise activities will take place in the coastal areas of Southern Finland and in the Gulf of Finland.

9.10.2024 | Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC Defence) has started the construction of the second multi-role corvette included in the Squadron 2020 project. Today, the 9th of October, the cutting of the steel structures for the hull of the second vessel of the Squadron started in the presence of invited guests in Rauma.

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.

26.5.2020 | The Navy will participate in the Baltops 20 maritime exercise from 5 - 16 June 2020 with mine countermeasures vessel Purunpää, which will operate alongside the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1.

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.

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.

30.10.2018 | On Monday 29 October NOCO18, the international exercise led by Finland, entered the CET-FIT phase. Purpose of this phase is finetuning the interoperability of participating forces.

1.11.2018 | In NOCO18 exercise one of the training topics is the information exchange between military and merchant shipping through NCAGS (Naval Coordination and Guidance for Shipping) center. Safe and secure merchant shipping must be enabled even under high risk situations.

6.10.2016 | The Finnish Navy will exercise with Estonia in the Archipelago Sea and in the Gulf of Finland between 10 October and 14 October 2016.