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6.7.2023 | Chief of the Swedish Army, Major General Jonny Lindfors, familiarised with Army activity in Mikkeli and Kouvola.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/new-chief-of-swedish-army-visited-finland
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21.3.2023 | Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornets will train with a United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft on 21–23 March 2023.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/air-to-air-refueling-exercise-1-23-with-the-united-states-air-force
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9.5.2023 | The concert Together We Secure Finland (Yhdessä turvaamme Suomen) will be held at Musiikkitalo, Helsinki at 7pm on Monday 15th of May. The joint concert of the Finnish Defence Forces and the police will be attended by the Guards Band and the Helsinki Police Band.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/the-guards-band-and-the-helsinki-police-band-perform-in-a-joint-concert-in-helsinki
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30.9.2023 | The Finnish Air Force’s main military exercise will end today. The exercise that gathered all Finnish Air Force units and participants from partnering and allied countries, involved some 60 aircraft and 4,500 soldiers in total. The air activities will end no later than 3 PM.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/ruska-23-exercise-ends-today
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6.7.2026 | Den gemensamma anskaffningen av sjöminor som utgör en del av det finskledda samarbetsprojektet kring sjöminor (Naval Mines Cooperation, NMC), har framskridit till ramavtalsfasen. Försvarsmaktens logistikverk undertecknade i 25.6. ett avtal för att anskaffning av bottenavståndsminsystemet Blocker till deltagande länder. I den inledande fasen deltar Finland, Tyskland, Danmark, Litauen och Norge. Avtalets totala värde uppgår till hundramiljontals euro.https://logistiikkalaitos.fi/sv/-/1948673/nmc-ramavtal-starker-finlandskt-sjominkunnande
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17.4.2023 | The Finnish Defence Forces will participate in the Swedish Armed Forces main exercise Aurora in Southern Sweden from 1 to 11 May. Participation develops interoperability and deepens cooperation with Sweden and international partners.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-defence-forces-to-participate-in-aurora-23-exercise-in-southern-sweden
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27.9.2023 | Chief of Defence Command, Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen and Chief of the Joint Headquarters of Estonia, Major General Enno Mõts met in Estonia on 26–27 September 2023.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/chiefs-of-defence-command-of-finland-and-of-estonia-discussed-co-operation
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7.2.2024 | The Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Timo Kivinen will take part in the meeting of the Nordic chiefs of defence (NORDEFCO MCC) in Stockholm on 7 February 2024.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/commander-of-the-finnish-defence-forces-to-sweden-2
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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.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/reccex-23-training-audience-units-on-the-move
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3.6.2024 | The Finnish Industry Day took place at the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) in Luxembourg on 30 May 2024, the first Finnish Industry Day at NSPA as a full member state of NATO. A total of 30 domestic companies participated in the Industry Day.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-industry-showcased-at-nspa-s-industry-day
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21.8.2023 | The Finnish Air Force will train together with U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) in Astral Knight training event between 21 and 25 August.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/finnish-and-united-states-air-forces-to-train-together-in-august
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15.2.2024 | The Army will organize this spring’s local defence exercises from 1 to 8 March. Conscripts, reservists, Defence Forces salaried personnel and a considerable number of representatives of other authorities will take part in the exercises.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/local-defence-exercises-will-focus-on-finland-s-comprehensive-security
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15.2.2024 | The Army will organize this spring’s local defence exercises from 1 to 8 March. Conscripts, reservists, Defence Forces salaried personnel and a considerable number of representatives of other authorities will take part in the exercises.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/local-defence-exercises-will-focus-on-finland-s-comprehensive-security
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6.7.2026 | Den gemensamma anskaffningen av sjöminor som utgör en del av det finskledda samarbetsprojektet kring sjöminor (Naval Mines Cooperation, NMC), har framskridit till ramavtalsfasen. Försvarsmaktens logistikverk undertecknade i 25.6. ett avtal för att anskaffning av bottenavståndsminsystemet Blocker till deltagande länder. I den inledande fasen deltar Finland, Tyskland, Danmark, Litauen och Norge. Avtalets totala värde uppgår till hundramiljontals euro.https://merivoimat.fi/sv/-/1948673/nmc-ramavtal-starker-finlandskt-sjominkunnande
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30.3.2023 | The Finnish National Defence University and Swedish Defence University organized a Training Event Joint Operations (TEJO) together on 20-30 March 2023. The exercise was conducted simultaneously in Finland and Sweden, and the students and instructors were working on a site in each country.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951210/training-together-finnish-national-defence-university-and-swedish-defence-university
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Call for Abstracts: Seminar of Military Sciences 2024 - Puolustusvoimat - The Finnish Defence Forces
29.4.2024 | The National Defence University and the Finnish Society of Military Sciences will organize the Seminar of Military Sciences on 30.10.-31.10.2024 at the House of Science and Letters (Tieteiden talo) in the center of Helsinki. The theme of the seminar is Finnish Art of War in a Changing Security Environment.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951210/call-for-abstracts -
11.5.2023 | The Armoured Brigade -led Army mechanised exercise Arrow 23 will end on Sunday 14.5.2023.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/arrow-23-fine-tuned-combined-joint-operating-with-allies
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24.4.2024 | Satakunta Air Wing will host the British Army’s AH-64E Apache attack helicopters between 25 April and 19 May 2024. The helicopters will participate in the Arrow 24 exercise led by the Armoured Brigade.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/british-ah-64e-apache-attack-helicopters-to-operate-from-pirkkala-air-base
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1.6.2023 | The Karelia Brigade -led exercise Karelian Lock 23 was participated by units from several brigade-level units of the Army.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/the-exercise-karelian-lock-23-ends-and-the-forces-start-their-return-marches
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16.4.2024 | Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for Internal Market visited Logistics Command Explosives Centre in Haapajärvi on 15 April 2024.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/european-commissioner-for-internal-market-visits-finnish-defence-forces-logistics-command-explosives-centre-1
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6.2.2024 | The Finnish Defence Forces will participate in the Norwegian-led exercise Nordic Response 24 to be held in the northern areas of Finland, Norway, and Sweden during 4–15 March 2024. For the first time Finland will participate as a NATO member nation in exercising collective defence of the Alliance’s regions. As such this marks the most substantial participation in a multinational exercise abroad in the history of the Finnish Defence Forces.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-defence-forces-to-exercise-defending-nato-northern-region-together-with-allies
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18.1.2024 | The Utti Jaeger Regiment’s Helicopter Battalion will exercise with the Royal Netherlands Air Force Helicopter Detachment in Finland during 24 January – 9 February 2024.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/royal-netherlands-air-force-helicopter-detachment-to-a-flight-training-exercise-in-finland
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29.9.2023 | Chief of the German Army, Lieutenant General Alfons Mais familiarised with Finnish Army activity on Thursday 28 September.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/chief-of-the-german-army-visited-finland
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2.5.2023 | The Utti Jaeger Regiment will command the exercise Southern Griffin 23 in Southern Finland during 10 – 21 May 2023. The total strength of the exercise will be up to c. 1,150 personnel.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/utti-jaeger-regiment-s-main-exercise-for-the-spring-to-develop-international-joint-operating-ability
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29.11.2023 | The Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General, Timo Kivinen will attend the Berlin Security Conference in Germany on November 29–30, 2023.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/commander-of-the-finnish-defence-forces-to-germany-1
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12.4.2023 | The Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, general Timo Kivinen will host the bi-annual meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Chiefs of Defence on Wednesday 12 April in Helsinki.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/the-joint-expeditionary-force-jef-chiefs-of-defence-meet-in-helsinki
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31.7.2024 | Recruits who started their military service in the 2/24 contingent will swear the military oath or give the affirmation in mid-August. Oath and affirmation ceremonies mark the end of the six-week basic training phase.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/recruits-in-the-july-contingent-to-swear-the-military-oath-and-give-the-affirmation
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17.2.2023 | The Utti Jaeger Regiment will arrange a training exercise in winter conditions in Lapland during 20 February – 17 March 2023. Flight activity of the Finnish Defence Forces’ helicopters will be conducted in conjunction with the exercise.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/utti-jaeger-regiment-s-winter-condition-trex-in-lapland
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13.5.2024 | The Guard Jaeger Regiment will lead the Sapeli 1/24 exercise in South Finland on 24–31 May 2024. The exercise will involve ca. 4,900 soldiers and ca. 900 vehicles, which will also include battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/army-to-hold-an-exercise-on-the-defence-of-uusimaa-in-late-may
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13.5.2024 | The Guard Jaeger Regiment will lead the Sapeli 1/24 exercise in South Finland on 24–31 May 2024. The exercise will involve ca. 4,900 soldiers and ca. 900 vehicles, which will also include battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/army-to-hold-an-exercise-on-the-defence-of-uusimaa-in-late-may
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18.1.2024 | The Utti Jaeger Regiment’s Helicopter Battalion will exercise with the Royal Netherlands Air Force Helicopter Detachment in Finland during 24 January – 9 February 2024.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/royal-netherlands-air-force-helicopter-detachment-to-a-flight-training-exercise-in-finland
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11.5.2023 | The Armoured Brigade -led Army mechanised exercise Arrow 23 will end on Sunday 14.5.2023.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/arrow-23-fine-tuned-combined-joint-operating-with-allies
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27.5.2026 | The fourth annual NATO Senior Leader Seminar (SLS) took place in Brussels from 14–16 April 2026, bringing together senior military and civilian leaders from across the Alliance. Building on the foundations laid in previous years, the seminar focused on adapting NATO’s Comprehensive Approach (CA) and Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) to the evolving security landscape, with particular emphasis on the challenges posed by developments in Europe and the Middle East.https://maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu.fi/-/1951249/nato-senior-leader-seminar-2026-advancing-the-comprehensive-approach-and-multi-domain-operations-in-a-complex-security-environment
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29.5.2023 | Vice Chief of Defence of the German Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Markus Laubenthal, visited Finland on 27 to 29 May. The host of the visit was Chief of Defence Command, Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/vice-chief-of-defence-of-the-german-armed-forces-visited-finland
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6.7.2023 | Chief of the Swedish Army, Major General Jonny Lindfors, familiarised with Army activity in Mikkeli and Kouvola.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/new-chief-of-swedish-army-visited-finland
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23.7.2024 | There is a positive trend in the decreasing number of interruptions to national service.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/an-increasingly-smaller-number-of-conscripts-have-to-intervene-their-national-service
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27.5.2026 | The fourth annual NATO Senior Leader Seminar (SLS) took place in Brussels from 14–16 April 2026, bringing together senior military and civilian leaders from across the Alliance. Building on the foundations laid in previous years, the seminar focused on adapting NATO’s Comprehensive Approach (CA) and Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) to the evolving security landscape, with particular emphasis on the challenges posed by developments in Europe and the Middle East.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/web/fincent/-/nato-senior-leader-seminar-2026-advancing-the-comprehensive-approach-and-multi-domain-operations-in-a-complex-security-environment
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17.2.2023 | The Utti Jaeger Regiment will arrange a training exercise in winter conditions in Lapland during 20 February – 17 March 2023. Flight activity of the Finnish Defence Forces’ helicopters will be conducted in conjunction with the exercise.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/utti-jaeger-regiment-s-winter-condition-trex-in-lapland
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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.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/aiming-for-a-capable-soldier