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17.6.2026 | Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki, met the Commanding General of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Northern Army, Lieutenant General Kazutomo Idogawa, in Helsinki on 12 June 2026.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/practical-level-cooperation-between-the-finnish-and-japanese-armies-to-continue
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31.5.2024 | The BLUEFOR side in the exercise Northern Forest 24 consists of Finnish and American troops. The BLUEFOR troops and their command have been developing their interoperability in live-fire and combat exercises.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/-fresh-bonfire-back-execute-counter-attack-to-naarmankaira
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31.5.2023 | Commanders of the Finnish Army and Swedish Army as well as Commanding General of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division inspected the exercise Northern Forest 23 at Rovajärvi.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/commanders-visited-the-exercise-northern-forest-23
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28.3.2026 | Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki was on a working visit to Ukraine last week. The visit focused on the areas of Kiev, Dnipro, and Zaporizhzhia. During the visit, Lieutenant General Välimäki met leadership of the Ukrainian Army, and took note of the operating of the land forces as well as command echelons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and new capabilities. Additionally, the visit provided the opportunity to familiarise with defence industry in Ukraine.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/commander-of-the-army-lieutenant-general-pasi-valimaki-on-a-working-visit-to-ukraine
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17.11.2025 | Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki made a working visit to the Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) of NATO in Izmir, Turkey, on 13 November 2025.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/commander-of-the-finnish-army-lieutenant-general-pasi-valimaki-on-a-working-visit-at-landcom
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10.11.2025 | The purpose of the visit was to strengthen cooperation between the two nations’ Armies, and to identify opportunities for deepening cooperating.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/maavoimien-komentaja-kenraaliluutnantti-pasi-valimaki-kreikan-maavoimien-komentajan-vieraana-1
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30.6.2026 | Conscripts of contingent 2/26 start their military service on Monday, 6 July 2026. The brigade-level units of the Defence Forces and the Border Guard will receive about 12 500 new recruits.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/1948673/contingent-2-26-to-start-service-in-a-new-era
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Commander of the Finnish Army Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki serves as the Commander of the Finnish Army. The commander directs the Army and is responsible for developing and maintaining the Army’s operational capabilities for the good of nation...https://maavoimat.fi/en/commander-of-the-finnish-army
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29.6.2026 | The Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki attended the RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2026 (LWC) held in London, and visited the Headquarters of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) in Gloucester. Additionally, the Commander also attended the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative (EFDI) -symposium held in Stockholm, as well as the Change of Command Ceremony of the Chief of the Swedish Army.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/commander-of-the-finnish-army-attended-events-and-activities-of-armies-leadership-held-in-the-united-kingdom-and-in-sweden
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Conscripts of contingent 2/26 to start military service in the Army On Monday 6 July 2026, the conscripts of the summer contingent will report for military service in the Army. 9700 recruits will begin their military service in Army brigade-level ...https://maavoimat.fi/en/news
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Army Command The Army Command (ARCOM) is located in the historic garrison area of Karkialampi and functions as the command headquarters of the Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki . At the helm of the command is the Army...https://maavoimat.fi/en/army-command/about-us
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18.6.2026 | Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark acted as joint hosts for the northern part of NATO’s Ramstein Flag 26 exercise, which concludes today.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/ramstein-flag-26-strengthened-nordic-air-power-as-part-of-nato
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30.6.2026 | On Monday 6 July 2026, the conscripts of the summer contingent will report for military service in the Army. 9700 recruits will begin their military service in Army brigade-level units. Karelia Brigade, Pori Brigade and Kainuu Brigade will receive the largest numbers of recruits.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/conscripts-of-contingent-2-26-to-start-military-service-in-the-army-1
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15.6.2026 | The Finnish Defence Forces and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) have signed an implementation Arrangement on information exchange and pre-series procurement concerning the development of Arctic armoured personnel carriers.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/1948673/finland-and-sweden-agreed-on-cooperation-in-procurement-and-development-of-arctic-armoured-personnel-carriers
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30.6.2026 | The Finnish Ministry of Defence, the Estonian Defence Forces, and the European AI lab for Defence NestAI have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) on 30 June 2026 to advance the development of artificial intelligence capabilities. The LOI does not include financial commitments. Instead, it establishes a framework for knowledge sharing, joint development, training, and technical cooperation.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/1948673/finland-and-estonia-launch-cooperation-on-artificial-intelligence-research-and-development-together-with-nestai
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About us The most important tasks of the Pori Brigade are the training of wartime troops, the management of conscription matters in Western Finland and the implementation of executive assistance provided by the Finnish Defence Forces in Western Fi...https://maavoimat.fi/en/pori-brigade/about-us
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21.5.2026 | The Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki met the Commander of the French Land Forces, Lieutenant General Philippe de Montenon in Helsinki on 18 May 2026.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/inspection-visit-of-the-commander-of-the-french-land-forces-in-sodankyla-and-his-meeting-with-the-commander-of-the-finnish-army
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Contact information Kainuu Brigade, KAIBDE Prikaatintie 97, 87500 Kajaani PO Box 610, 87101 Kajaani Tel. +358 299 800 (switch board) For official transactions: [email protected] For feedback and customer service: [email protected] Parcel shipment ...https://maavoimat.fi/en/kainuu-brigade/contact-information
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5.6.2026 | The exercise, taking place in June 2-28 2026, is part of the cooperation between the Karelia Brigade and the Virginia National Guard under the official partnership program between Finland and Virginia National Guard.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/karelia-brigade-participates-in-desert-snow-exercise-in-united-states-of-america
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Army The Army defends the entire land area of the state and executes all three of the Defence Forces’ tasks. The defence of Finland’s territory is based on the large reserve created by general conscription. Annually, the Army’s eight brigade-level...https://maavoimat.fi/en/about-us