The Finnish reservists’ combat engineer platoon took part in the exercise Kevadtorm 2017 in Estonia on 14-25 May 2017. The strength of the Finnish contingent was 63 reservists and personnel led by the Pori Brigade.
The main annual exercise of the Estonian Defence Forces, Kevadtorm 2017 was organised in Northeastern Estonia in the Jõhvi and Tapa garrisons a well as in the surrounding region on 8-26 May 2017. The objective of attending the exercise is in enhancing the expertise of the reservists who have undertaken the training of the Finnish Rapid Deployment Force (FRDF) as well as that of the regular personnel together with fostering military engineering activity in a multinational operating environment.
- The exercise succeeded very well. The combat engineer platoon could train together with multinational troops all the elements of combat engineer operations. Also, our regular personnel got good experience in planning and implementing of military engineer operations in international environment, told Satakunta Engineer and Signals Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Tero Savonen.
