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Pass in Review 4.6.

Publication date 22.5.2017 11.03
Press release
Sotilaat marssivat muodossa

The pass in review starts on Mannerheimintie, Helsinki at 1330 hours with more than 1300 persons and 50 vehicles participating together with 19 aircraft in the overflight of the march in review.

The pass in review will be reviewed by President of Finland Sauli Niinistö with Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces General Jarmo Lindberg by Musiikkitalo, Helsinki Music Centre.

The pass in review on Mannerheimintie will begin at the Simonkatu - Kaivokatu intersection at 13:30 and progress in the direction of Musiikkitalo. The pass in review will be viewed in front of Musiikkitalo.

The music is performed by the Guards Band conducted by Senior Conductor Major (Mus.) Pasi-Heikki Mikkola with Marching Bandmaster Captain Hannu Simoinen.

Initiated by the dismounted detachments marching on foot, the pass in review continues with five motorised detachments.

For safety reasons, the route of the pass in review on Mannerheimintie is fenced and closed including the intersection areas by 1315 hours.

The audience is requested to be in position on either side of Mannerheimintie well in advance.

In order to sustain safety, once the streets have been closed, it is strictly forbidden to cross the street.

The order of the pass in review is as follows:

Dismounted detachments:

  1. Parade Commander Army Chief of Staff Major General Petri Hulkko
  2. Swallow-tailed State Flag with the flag guard arranged by the Pori Brigade
  3. Jaeger Flag with the flag guard arranged by the Armoured Brigade
  4. Veterans’ Mass Standards
  5. National Defence University Flag Company Colour Party
  6. Army Academy Flag Company Colour Party
  7. Finnish Army Flag Company Colour Party trooped by the Guard Jaeger Regiment
  8. Finnish Navy Flag Company Colour Party trooped by the Coastal Brigade
  9. Finnish Air Force Flag Company Colour Party trooped by the Air Force Academy
  10. Guard Jaeger Regiment Flag Company Colour Party
  11. Pori Brigade Flag Company Colour Party
  12. Armoured Brigade Flag Company Colour Party
  13. Karelian Brigade Flag Company Colour Party
  14. Utti Jaeger Regiment Flag Platoon Colour Party
  15. Finnish Border Guard detachment
  16. Local Defence Company
  17. Soldiers’ Home Association detachment
  18. National Defence Association detachment
  19. Detachment of Peacekeepers’ Association Finland
  20. Massed Standards of National Defence Organisations
  21. Detachment of Finland’s Women’s National Defence Union
  22. Detachment of Women’s National Emergency Preparedness Association

Motorised components

  1. Urban jaeger detachment
  2. Mechanised and motorised units
  3. General support fires
  4. Ground-based air defence
  5. Special operations forces
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