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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...

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

Pori Brigade Pori brigade operates in the area of Western Finland and trains conscripts in two locations; Säkylä and Niinisalo. We train our conscript to serve as competent defenders of our homeland and also train voluntary reservists to be profic...

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.

9.10.2023 | Considered also as the European military sniping championship, the European Best Sniper Team Competition is a demanding competition intended for snipers of the Alliance and its partner nations that aims to test and develop military snipers’ professional competence. Participated by 45 military sniper teams from 25 nations, the competition was won by Finland, the most recent NATO member nation.

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...

8.5.2017 | The commanders of the Nordic Armies have the tradition to get together every year to exchange experiences, and to discuss the present and the future.

9.2.2017 | The Finnish Defence Forces' Sports School trains reconnaissance sections for exceptional circumstances. Most athletes complete leadership training, serving for 347 days.