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22.12.2025 | The next contingent of conscripts will begin their military service on Monday, 5 January, 2026. Approximately 9500 conscripts will start their service in the Army brigade-level units.

16.4.2024 | Army training and exercise activity will be conducted across Finland between the end of April and the beginning of June. The Army will be training in extensive force entities and developing the capacity for bilateral and multilateral joint operations with the Allies.

8.6.2023 | The Finnish Army is responsible for soldier capability development in the Finnish Defence Forces through the Dismounted Soldier System Programme. Procurement that is based on long-term development helps us equip soldiers with suitable, fitting and capable kit that is suitable for Finnish conditions.

13.6.2017 | On Thursday, 15 June, 7,519 Army conscripts who began their military service in July 2016 or January 2017 will be discharged from service.

24.7.2017 | After the success of last year’s 90’s concert, The Conscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces is once more reaching over genre boundaries in the form of an 80’s-tour called Kasari!

14.6.2017 | There are over 7.500 conscripts mustering out from military service on Thursday 15th of June .

8.6.2017 | Uusimaa regional office moves to new location in Santahamina during week 24 (12.-16.6). Our customer service will stay at its current location in Lauttasaari (address: Pohjoiskaari 36).

12.5.2017 | Arrow 17 is the final manoeuvre for many conscripts. There are also conscripts from Norway taking part in the exercise.

7.11.2016 | Army Combined Fires Exercise 2016 will take place from 15–25 November at the Rovajärvi firing range.

10.11.2017 | The all-terrain vehicle, or more familiarly quad bike, is one of the all-terrain vehicles used by the Defence Forces. As a name, all-terrain vehicle may sound a bit odd, where does the name come from? The Finnish road traffic act does not recognise a vehicle by the name quad bike, the correct term is light four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle. However, the Defence Forces use the name quad bike, as it describes the vehicle better.

15.11.2016 | It has been a busy Tuesday morning at the Misi railway station as equipment from all over Finland is brought to take part in the Army Combined Fires Exercise held in Rovajärvi.

13.1.2017 | Starting military service may be a big change for many young people. The social environment and operating culture can be very different from what they are used to. Approximately 10,000 recruits started their military service in the Army on 2 January. About 300 of them are women in voluntary military service.