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Finnish Defence Forces Sports School The main task of the Defence Forces’ Sports School is to train reconnaissance squads for emergency and wartime conditions. In addition to military training, the Sports School enables sports training for talente...

Five military branches In its five battalion-level units, the Kainuu Brigade offers training for five different military branches: infantry, artillery, signal, engineer and maintenance duties. The Kainuu jaeger battalion trains infantry combatants...

15.7.2026 | Recruits who started their service in the Lapland Jaeger Battalion and the Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion swear the military oath or give the military affirmation in Keminmaa on Saturday, 8 August. The ceremony is held on the Keminmaa School Campus and sports field.

Serving in the Guard Jaeger Regiment The Guard Jaeger Regiment trains troops specialised in urban combat. We train, for example, urban jaegers, military police, reconnaissance specialists, military drivers and leaders. Our spearhead unit is the re...

15.2.2024 | The Guard Jaeger Regiment -led local defence exercise Kehä 24, the first one this year, will be held during 3.–8.3.2024 in Eastern Uusimaa. The strength of the training audience will be up to c. 1,000 personnel comprising conscripts, reservists, and service personnel. The exercise will be commanded by Deputy Commander of the Guard Jaeger Regiment, Colonel Vesa Laitonen.

Accommodation, meals and clothing During the military service, you will be given free of charge accommodation, meals, clothing, health services and social support services. The Finnish Defence Forces will remain committed to sustaining and promoti...

Contact information Guard Jaeger Regiment PO BOX 6 00861 Helsinki Finland Switch board +358 299 800 Official/administrative matters: [email protected] Feedback and customer service: [email protected] Guard Jaeger Regiment Commander, Colonel Ari Le...

Free time off On service days you will also have free time as well. The daily free time off depends on the training scheduled for the given day in question. Service permitting, the free time off usually extends from 17:30 to 21:30. While on leave ...

Changing the contingent or place of entering into service In case you must have either your assigned service starting time or brigade-level unit changed for a compelling reason, please apply for this online via the OmaIntti -service. The reasons m...

Task that require applying for before the service Are you into discovering another side of the military and completing missions that others only dream about? Challenge yourself as part of the Finnish Defence Forces’ toughest and most competent tro...

Welcome to conscript service in the Guard Jaeger Regiment 6th of July 2026! Familiarize yourself with the guide that contains useful information for prospective conscripts starting their service in July 2026. You have to arrive to conscript servic...

Conscript Committee (VMTK abbreviated in Finnish) Each brigade-level unit that trains conscripts also features a Conscript Committee that is composed of conscripts. The Conscript Committee is tasked to develop conscripts’ service conditions and fr...

Entailing activities that provide support to Finland’s national defence, voluntary national defence aims to strengthen people’s will to defend the country and enhance the survivability of both authorities and citizens alike in varying security situations.

About us Annual figures • Conscripts: 1,600/ year • Reservists: 1,600/ year • Executive assistance tasks: 60 • Personnel: approximately 400 The Guard Jaeger Regiment is an Army brigade-level unit based on the island of Santahamina in Helsinki. Its...

26.6.2017 | Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) is communication between the military forces and the surrounding society, with the aim of establishing and maintaining good relations and stability and bringing the state of the surrounding society to the attention of a commanding officer.

21.6.2023 | The Guard Jaeger Regiment will organize the 60th Open Nordic Military Pentathlon Championship in Helsinki 26-30 June 2023.

17.5.2022 | Hedgehog 22 held in Estonia will be participated by the Army with up to circa 240 personnel led by the Pori Brigade. The training audience detachment to the exercise in Southern Estonia will comprise mainly reservists trained for the Finnish Rapid Deployment Force (FRDF) who have already began their preparation phase in Säkylä.

14.3.2017 | Defence Forces Sports School winter sports athletes III / 17 has been selected. Athletes begin their service on 10 April 2017 in the Guard Jaeger Regiment and Kainuu Brigade.

15.3.2016 | Defence Forces Sports School winter sports athletes III / 16 has been selected. Athletes begin their service on 18 April 2016 in the Guard Jaeger Regiment and Kainuu Brigade.

Ready but never eager 13.8.2026 10.52 Blog The soldier’s head is protected by the combat helmet from blunt impact and ballistic fragments, whereas the body armour is designed to protect vital organs in the torso. But where does the soldier get the...

6.7.2018 | On Monday 9 July military barracks will be teeming again as the new recruits arrive. Approximately 9,500 young people start their military service in eight different Army brigade-level units.

10.9.2026 | 54th Nordic Military Shooting Championship Armoured Brigade, Finland 7. -10.9.2026 300m Kivääri 3x20, 4 parasta 1. NORWAY (NOR) 2308 -Hans Kristian Wear M (581),Ole Magnus Bakken M (580),Odd Arne Brekne M (575),Isak Gurrik M (572) 2. FINLAND (FIN)...

11.9.2026 | Official Results Team Competitions * 300m Standart Rifle 3x20 * 300m Military Rapid Fire Rifle 3x20 * 50m Rifle 3x20 * 50m Rifle Prone * 10m Air Rifle * Field Shooting, Rifle * 25m Center Fire Pistol 30+30 * 25m Military Rapid Fire Pistol * 25m Sp...

7.6.2019 | The Guard Jaeger Regiment will organise the 58th Open Nordic Military Pentathlon Championships in Helsinki 24-28 June 2019.

26.6.2017 | Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) is communication between the military forces and the surrounding society, with the aim of establishing and maintaining good relations and stability and bringing the state of the surrounding society to the attention of a commanding officer.

17.9.2018 | Altogether nearly 200 competitors will be attending. The competitors will include a number of top-level orienteerers, such as World Championship and European Championship gold medalist Marika Teini as well as Olli-Markku Teini who competes as part of the Finnish National Team in Orienteering for the eight year now, and the top-level orienteerers Timo Sild and Lauri Sild from Estonia, to name only a few.

17.7.2018 | The Jaeger Brigade will organise the Nordic and Finnish Military Orienteering Championships in Rovajärvi and in the Rovajärvi Firing Range Area and Military Training Area on 17-20 September 2018.

19.6.2018 | Pori Brigade will host the 50th Nordic Military Shooting Championships in Säkylä and Hollola from 25th to 29th June. Most of the competition events will be held in Säkylä but 300 m events will be held in Hollola (Hälvälä shooting range).

9.9.2026 | 54th Nordic Military Shooting Championship Armoured Brigade, Finland 08.09.2026 25m Rapid Fire Sport Pistol, Team Competition, Women 3 best 1. NORWAY (NOR) 1712 -Gunrid Kjelmark N (578),Ane Bjørkås Torgersen N (576),Tiril Fredrikk Schüller N (558)...

9.9.2026 | 54th Nordic Military Shooting Championship Armoured Brigade, Finland 08.09.2026 25m Sport Pistol Team Competition, W, 3 p best 1. NORWAY (NOR) 1724 -Gunrid Kjelmark N (582),Ane Bjørkås Torgersen N (579),Tiril Fredrikk Schüller N (563) 2. SWEDEN (S...

16.6.2017 | The highest number of medals in orienteering was achieved by Estonia, Russia, and Poland.

8.2.2019 | ”A temporary Conscription Act of an independent Finland was passed exactly a hundred years ago today on 8 February 1919. As a militarily non-aligned nation, we prepare for defending our territory independently. Liability for military service allows us to train the necessary wartime troops and, if the situation so requires, we will defend the entire country”, General Major Markku Myllykangas, Finnish Army Chief of Staff writes.

26.1.2017 | The Finnish Defence Forces will host the International Military Sports Council’s (CISM) 50th World Military Orienteering Championship (WMOC) from 10-16 June 2017 in the town and municipality of Hamina. In this jubilee event, the WMOC competition programme features competitions in three distances: Middle distance, Long distance, and Relay.

5.6.2017 | The Finnish Defence Forces will host the International Military Sports Council’s (CISM) 50th World Military Orienteering Championship from 10-16 June in the town and municipality of Hamina. In this jubilee event, the competition programme features competitions in Middle distance and Long distance, a Team race, as well as Relay.

25.11.2025 | The national parade on the Independence Day 6 December will affect traffic and parking arrangements in Kouvola. During the parade events, the public is kindly asked to move on foot downtown, in the area of the Finnish baseball stadium, Sumulaaksonkatu, Salpausselänkatu, and Kymen Lukko.

17.3.2025 | The MD500 helicopter is a U.S. -manufactured light utility helicopter. In the Finnish Defence Forces, the MD500s carry the military designation HH and are operated in the Army by the Utti Jaeger Regiment’s Helicopter Battalion. The MD500s are used, among other, for the Finnish Defence Forces’ rotary wing pilot training, personnel transports, and operational missions. 

28.8.2023 | The Guard Jaeger Regiment -led local defence exercise Kehä 23, the second one this year, will be held during 3.–8.9.2023 in the capital region. The strength of the training audience will be up to c. 800 personnel comprising conscripts, reservists, and service personnel. The exercise will be commanded by Deputy Commander of the Guard Jaeger Regiment, Colonel Vesa Laitonen.

10.2.2025 | The Army will organise the local defence exercises during 18.2.–7.3. this spring. From the Defence Forces, the altogether six local defence exercises will be participated by up to c. 3,000 conscripts, reservists, and service personnel, as well as more than 400 vehicles in total. As is characteristic for local defence exercises, the training audience will also include a significant number of other authorities and business sector stakeholders.

21.11.2022 | The national parade on the Independence Day will contribute to changes affecting traffic and parking in Hamina on 6 December 2022. To avoid traffic congestion, the public is asked to move on foot in the downtown area for the duration of the parade events.

27.5.2020 | Finnish Defence Forces Recruit Questionnaire (preliminary questionnaire for military service) You fill in this preliminary questionnaire after the call-up, before you enter military service. Filling in this questionnaire will give you an opportuni...