The application period for women’s voluntary military service closed on 15 January 2025. A total of 1448 women applied to military service.

Skills required in winter circumstances will be trained again at the Jaeger Brigade on the Winter Combat Course from 4 to 17 January 2025. In addition to Finnish soldiers, 12 foreign soldiers from the USA, Canada, France and Great Britain will take part on the course.

Field devotional, Senior Military Chaplain of the Army Sanna Timonen

Esteemed veterans of our wars, esteemed representatives of the veterans’ generation, ladies and gentlemen.