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.
Receiving feedback as part of leader development
Press release
13.7.2018 13.24
Developing the expertise of salaried personnel
Press release
30.6.2017 8.09
Finnish military engineering expertise shared with Nordic and Baltic students
Press release
21.6.2017 11.59
Simulator Centre of Excellence is the most recently established one
Press release
21.4.2017 9.00