Army Academy - Army's service school

The Army Academy is the army's service school. Its main tasks are training salaried personnel and conscripts, Army research and development, and readiness duties. With these main tasks the Army Academy provides capabilities for the Finnish Defence Forces and especially to the Army.

The Army Academy operates in five localities: Lappeenranta, Hamina, Hattula, Kankaanpää and Riihimäki. Approximately 600 personnel work in the Army Academy. The Commandant of the Army Academy and Lappeenranta-Hamina Garrison is Colonel Kari Pietiläinen.

Army Academy - Army's service school

National military funeral with full honours to be held in Lappeenranta on 18 May

National parade on the Independence Day to affect traffic in Lappeenranta on 4.–6.12.

Live-Fire Exercise Improves Artillery Integration and Readiness

The Finnish Defence Forces to celebrate the Independence Day of Finland by way of a national parade in Lappeenranta

Field training exercise Sapeli 23 in Western Uusimaa and Satakunta

Readiness units of Southern Finland will exercise in Kymenlaakso during week 30

Combat Exercise Northern Forest 23 will end on Friday

Field training exercise Karelian Lock 23 will measure troops’ competence and performance

In the north exercising multinational fires and combat operating

National parade on the Independence Day will affect traffic in Hamina on 4.–6.12.