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30.4.2026 | The multinational air defence exercise Mallet Strike 1/26 will be conducted at the Lohtaja Firing Range and Training Area from 12 - 21 May 2026.

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...

5.11.2025 | Lively Sentry 25, led by the Guard Jaeger Regiment, will be organised from 27 November to 4 December 2025. The exercise will be conducted in the areas of East Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso and Päijät-Häme.

22.5.2025 | The Guard Jaeger Regiment will lead Exercise Lively Sabre 25 in East Uusimaa and Kymeenlaakso from 21 - 31 May 2025.

7.11.2025 | Guard Jaeger Regiment The Defence Forces Exercise Traffic information and contact details An exercise of the Defence Forces will be organised in the Artjärvi area between 27 November and 4 December 2025. The exercise is one of the main exercises o...

21.8.2025 | The Armoured Brigade will lead the local defence exercise Mighty Stronghold 25 in areas of Pirkanmaa, Päijät-Häme, Central Finland, and Kanta-Häme during 1-5 September 2025. The exercise will be participated by units from the Armoured Brigade, Air Force, and Logistics Command Headquarters, as well as by a number of authorities and co parties. Exercise activity will concentrate on the area of Pirkanmaa and Hattula.

31.5.2024 | The international combat exercise held in Rovajärvi brought together nearly 6,500 soldiers from Finland, the United States, and Norway, as well as staff personnel from Sweden. The main objective of the exercise was to enhance the interoperability of the participating nations' ground forces in the challenging terrain conditions of Northern Finland.

23.8.2023 | The exercise Reccex 23 will start at Huovinrinne on Monday 28 August. The motorised marches relating to the exercise may affect traffic already over the previous weekend.

7.9.2023 | The CBRN reconnaissance exercise Reccex 23 will end on Friday 8 September as the exercise-participating reservists are mustered out and Nordic troops start their return marches. The two-week exercise focused on preventing and containing chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) threats in an international framework.

13.11.2023 | The National Parade on the Independence Day of Finland will be held in Oulu on 6 December. The theme of the parade is Defenders of Independent Finland. The review of troops will be held at Raati stadium, and the pass in review on the bridges of Merikoski. At Oulu market square, the Finnish Defence Forces’ and other agencies’ equipment and activity will be on display for familiarisation. The events will be free of charge.

11.3.2024 | Today, on March 11, 2024, at approximately 15:40 Finnish time, a traffic accident occurred during the Nordic Response 24 exercise, involving two vehicles participating in the exercise.

1.6.2023 | The Karelia Brigade -led exercise Karelian Lock 23 was participated by units from several brigade-level units of the Army.

11.5.2023 | The Armoured Brigade -led Army mechanised exercise Arrow 23 will end on Sunday 14.5.2023.

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.

16.11.2017 | The Defence Forces’ main exercise Uusimaa will be held in southern Finland from 27 November to 4 December 2017. The objective is to train defending the capital city area and coast in a rapidly escalating situation together with the other authorities.

25.8.2017 | Mechanised and motorised battle groups will gradually receive Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for reconnaissance and it is possible that in the future also the lower echelons of the battle groups will receive UAS’s that are lighter than the current ones. This article looks at the general intelligence and reconnaissance requirements of battle groups and the use and requirements of UAS's within that context

16.10.2017 | The Finnish Defence Forces’ selection of simulator-assisted training systems for conscripts consists of the KASI (Two-sided Combat Simulator) and VKY (Virtual Training Environment) system.