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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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...