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22.7.2026 | Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a UN-mandated multinational NATO-led crisis management operation. Finnish peacekeepers have served in the operation since 1999. KFOR’s mission is to prevent hostilities between different ethnicities. KFOR cooperates with local authorities and other international organisations operating in the area to improve the national organisations and structures in Kosovo.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/finnish-peacekeepers-continue-their-work-to-promote-stability-in-kfor-operation-in-kosovo
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2.3.2026 | Offshore patrol craft Tursas will be handed over to the Defence Forces by the Border Guard as part of new Turva-class offshore patrol vessels being introduced into service.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-navy-to-receive-patrol-vessel-tursas-from-the-border-guard
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20.2.2026 | The Finnish Defence Forces will participate this spring’s key arctic exercise series during 9.–20.3.2026. The Norwegian-led Cold Response 26 -exercise will convene up to c. 7,500 soldiers in Finland and c. 25,000 soldiers in Norway from altogether 14 nations. In Finland, the exercise activity will focus on the Finnish Defence Forces’ exercise area at Rovajärvi but forces will be on the move across northern Finland.https://intti.fi/en/-/1948673/finnish-defence-forces-and-allies-to-exercise-arctic-defence-in-cold-response-26
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10.11.2025 | The purpose of the visit was to strengthen cooperation between the two nations’ Armies, and to identify opportunities for deepening cooperating.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/maavoimien-komentaja-kenraaliluutnantti-pasi-valimaki-kreikan-maavoimien-komentajan-vieraana-1
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5.6.2026 | The exercise, taking place in June 2-28 2026, is part of the cooperation between the Karelia Brigade and the Virginia National Guard under the official partnership program between Finland and Virginia National Guard.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/karelia-brigade-participates-in-desert-snow-exercise-in-united-states-of-america
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17.2.2026 | Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki participated the working meeting of NATO commanders held in Norfolk during 10-12 February 2026. The commanders discussed at their meeting, among other, Arctic Sentry and topical operational issues.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/commander-of-the-army-at-a-working-meeting-in-norfolk-last-week
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30.5.2026 | The Chief of Defence Command, Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen, visited the USA and Canada from 25th to 29th of May 2026.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/the-chief-of-defence-command-visited-the-usa-and-canada
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6.6.2018 | This coming August, the cadets studying on the infantry programme of the Infantry School at the Army Academy will be graduating with a Bachelor in Military Sciences and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Preceding this, the finishing touches of their training will include, among others, partaking in the Pohjoinen 18 exercise organised in Rovajärvi from late May to early June.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/saumatonta-yhteistoimintaa-ja-lapaisevaa-tehokkuutta
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11.6.2026 | During this spring, France conducted its first extended deployment to Finland, sending approximately 180 soldiers from the 27e Brigade d’Infanterie de Montagne. The mountain troops arrived at the end of February and departed at the beginning of June. French and Finnish soldiers exchanged expertise and significantly enhanced their capability to fight together in Nordic conditions.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/french-mountain-troops-conclude-historic-first-long-term-deployment-to-finland
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7.11.2025 | The majority of research on the People’s Liberation Army is conducted in the United States and, so far, the European perspective has not attracted a great deal of attention. Europe, in fact, has a growing need to strengthen its own research networks, so that the effects of China’s military progress would be better understood. The seminar China's Military Modernization and Growing Capabilities in ...https://maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu.fi/en/-/too-little-research-is-being-conducted-on-the-chinese-people-s-liberation-army-the-national-defence-university-took-on-the-challenge
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29.5.2026 | Norwegian student pilots who completed the Hawk training phase at the Air Force Academy have now graduated from F-35 training in the United States.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/from-finnish-air-force-hawk-training-to-the-f-35-cockpit
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8.6.2026 | Layered Counter-UAS Initiative, known as LCI-X, is a NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) initiative that enhances the Alliance’s capability to respond to a rapidly evolving UAS threat. A series of LCI-X-related testing events are carried out in Finland in four towns: Riihimäki, Turku, Oulu and Joensuu. The events take place on 1-10 June 2026, and their purpose is to test innovative solutions for detecting and destroying UAS and for the next generation communications and data transfer.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/counter-uas-innovations-tested-in-finland
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6.5.2026 | The Midnight Hawks, the Finnish Air Force aerobatic team includes both old-timers and one new face for the 2026 season.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/trust-in-the-diamond-strong-midnight-family
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30.1.2026 | Utti Jaeger Regiment will train in Northern Finland from 2 February to 27 March 2026. The exercise series will involve about 1,000 soldiers in total from the Finnish Defence Forces and the Allied countries.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/utti-jaeger-regiment-to-carry-out-training-in-northern-finland-s-harsh-winter-conditions
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12.5.2018 | Mechanised units sport demanding training objectives. One of these involves cooperating with an international training exercise detachment. Overall, international training exercise cooperation results in significant benefits affecting competence proficiency both at the level of individual soldiers and that of the training exercise troops.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/kansainvalinen-yhteistoiminta-hioo-myos-iskukykyisen-mekanisoidun-joukon-osaamistaan-arrow-18-harjoituksessa
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21.5.2026 | The Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki met the Commander of the French Land Forces, Lieutenant General Philippe de Montenon in Helsinki on 18 May 2026.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/inspection-visit-of-the-commander-of-the-french-land-forces-in-sodankyla-and-his-meeting-with-the-commander-of-the-finnish-army
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8.5.2026 | The commander of The Bundeswehr Joint Force Command, Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, along with a delegation, visited Finland on 7-8 May 2026. The host of the visit was the Finnish Defence Forces Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Lieutenant General Kari Nisula.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/the-commander-of-the-bundeswehr-joint-force-command-visited-finland
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6.8.2025 | During the second half of the year, the United States will take extensively part in military presence and training activities in Finland and the Baltic Sea region.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/-/yhdysvaltojen-lasnaolo-vahvistuu-loppuvuodeksi-aktiivista-harjoitustoimintaa-suomessa-ja-itameren-alueella
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6.8.2025 | During the second half of the year, the United States will take extensively part in military presence and training activities in Finland and the Baltic Sea region.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/presence-of-the-united-states-will-strengthen-in-the-second-half-of-the-year-active-training-in-finland-and-the-baltic-sea-region
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2.10.2025 | On 16 September 2025, Command Senior Enlisted Leaders (CSEL) of NATO member nations’ land forces familiarised with conscript training of the Army at the Jaeger Brigade during the NATO Land Command conference (LC3).https://intti.fi/en/-/1950813/command-senior-enlisted-leaders-csel-of-the-alliance-s-land-forces-familiarised-with-conscript-training-of-the-army-at-the-jaeger-brigade