More comprehensive guide is accessible in Finnish online at https://maavoimat.fi/kaartin-jaakarirykmentin-alokasinfo.

Please familiarize yourself with the guides contents before you fill out the pre-service questionnaire and before your service begins. More info in English on our webpage:

maavoimat.fi/en/guard-jaeger-regiment/for-conscripts 

If for some reason (you cannot get flight tickets or passport etc.) you are not able to start your military service as scheduled, please contact immediately Uusimaa Regional Office to get the instructions by email [email protected]

Fill out the pre-service questionnaire that allows you to impact on your future service task. Please note that your replies will not determine the outcome as such, but rather all decisive decisions on service task selection will be made only at the during the branch-training period. Please return the filled-out questionnaire form (picture/scanned) by email [email protected] by 16th of December 2022.

• Pre-service questionnaire in English or Recruit Questionnaire at https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/forms

You have to arrive on Monday 2nd of January 2023 by 4 pm. To avoid congestion, try to arrive in the time window according to your last name.

First letter of your last name is:

A - K = try to arrive between 10 am and 12 am
L - R = try to arrive between 12 am and 2 pm
S - Ö = try to arrive between 2 pm and 4 pm

If you have been diagnosed with a coronavirus infection by a health care test on 28th of December or after, call on 2nd of January 2023 between 10am to 2pm to the Guard Jaeger Regiment HQ to master sergeant Antti Nummela tel. no +358 299 421 714. You will be interviewed and you will get instructions how you start your service and when you're able to come to Guard Jaeger Regiment. If the number is busy, try to reach again in a moment.

If you feel otherwise ill (no diagnodes coronavirus infection) on 2nd of January, arrive to Guard Jaeger Regiment in Santahamina to start your service. In Santahamina a healthcare professional will evaluate your situation and you will a) start your service normally b) start your service in temporary accommodation in Santahamina c) you get send back to home (residence where you stay in Finland) until you're healthy enough to start your service. In all the situations mentioned above, you will be interviewed here In Santahamina.

Additional information on the Guard Jaeger Regiment and conscript service will be available online:

• maavoimat.fi/en/guard-jaeger-regiment/for-conscripts
• facebook.com/KaartinJR
• twitter.com/KaartinJR 
• instagram.com/maavoimat 
• intti.fi/en
• intti.fi/en/preparing-for-the-service 

Welcome to follow the Guard Jaeger Regiment’s Instagram Group!

It is definitely a good idea to join the group, because you get to know your service mates in advance and you can ask questions about military service. In this group, you get information about the start of military service, events, tips for getting prepared for the military and stories about it, and lots of things related to service.

You can find this group on Instagram by the name kaartjr_kjtk. Send your name by a private message to be accepted as a follower. 

You can publish  your questions by commenting a post or contact by a direct message. 

Instagram Group 

In questions related to the start of the service, please send email to [email protected]