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13.8.2025 | Finland and Norway began educational cooperation in autumn 2023 when the first Norwegian student pilots arrived at the Air Force Academy for training.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/nordic-cooperation-on-military-flight-training-deepens
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22.10.2025 | A detachment from the United States Marine Corps (USMC), Marine Rotational Force - Europe, led by Combat Logistics Battalion 6, are arriving to Finland and will train together with Nyland Brigade until the end of December. The detachment will have a strength of around 350 Marines by the beginning of November and will be stationed in Nyland Brigade.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-american-cooperation-strengthens-maritime-defence-in-the-baltic-region
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22.4.2026 | The Finnish Defence Forces participated in cyber defence exercise Locked Shields 26 in a joint team with the National Defence Training Association NDTA, Estonia and the United States. Constantly changing cyber threats do not know national borders, so training together and developing the cyber capability is increasingly important.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/importance-of-cyber-cooperation-emphasized-in-exercise-locked-shields-26
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22.10.2025 | A detachment from the United States Marine Corps (USMC), Marine Rotational Force - Europe, led by Combat Logistics Battalion 6, are arriving to Finland and will train together with Nyland Brigade until the end of December. The detachment will have a strength of around 350 Marines by the beginning of November and will be stationed in Nyland Brigade.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/finnish-american-cooperation-strengthens-maritime-defence-in-the-baltic-region
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25.8.2025 | The Coastal Fleet’s multipurpose vessel Louhi will take part in the multinational Balex Delta 2025 environmental response exercise from 25 to 28 August 2025. The Exercise is organized on the coast of Poland.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/balex-delta-2025-strengthens-multinational-cooperation
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21.5.2026 | Air Defence Exercise Mallet Strike 1/26, conducted in the Lohtaja firing range and training area, has ended.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/strong-air-defence-is-a-joint-capability-involving-cooperation-of-all-services
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Asevelvollisen usein kysymät kysymykset kutsuntoihin, varusmiespalvelukseen ja reserviläisyyteen liittyen. Aluetoimistot neuvovat asevelvollisuuteen liittyvissä kysymyksissä.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/aluetoimistot/ukk
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30.10.2025 | The Finnish Defence Forces has released a new data and AI strategy designed to guide the organisation towards data-centric command and control and strengthened information and knowledge management. Beginning in 2025, the FDF will cooperate with NestAI to accelerate the development of AI capabilities. Working with leading companies will also help build the ecosystem for the FDF AI Centre of Excellence, which is planned to be operational at the start of 2026.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-defence-forces-to-accelerate-indigenous-ai-development-with-nestai
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13.8.2025 | Finland and Norway began educational cooperation in autumn 2023 when the first Norwegian student pilots arrived at the Air Force Academy for training.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/nordic-cooperation-on-military-flight-training-deepens
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3.10.2025 | The United States European Command’s Deputy Director of Operations, Brigadier General Mathew Wenthe, and the Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber (Air Force) Deputy Commander, Brigadier General Heather Blackwell, visited Finland on September 16-17, 2025. The visit was hosted by Defence Command Chief of C5, Major General Jarmo Vähätiitto.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/visit-of-united-states-armed-forces-cyber-leadership-in-finland-deepens-bilateral-cooperation
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6.10.2025 | Four Archer class P2000 patrol boats of the British Royal Navy trained together with the Finnish Navy in the Gulf of Finland last weekend.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/maritime-situational-awareness-and-safeguarding-critical-infrastructure-on-focus-of-jef-cooperation-in-the-gulf-of-finland
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26.10.2023 | A detachment from the United States Marine Corps, Combat Logistics Battalion 6 has arrived in Finland for a time of approximately two months. The detachment will train together with Nyland Brigade from the end of October until the beginning of December. This stay is a continuation of our cooperation last year, when a smaller unit from the same battalion trained together with Nyland Brigade in the autumn.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/united-states-marine-corps-to-intensify-its-cooperation-with-nyland-brigade
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18.7.2025 | The Chief of the Defence Command Finland, Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen, visited the United Kingdom on 15- 17 July 2025. The visit included a meeting with the Vice Chief of Defence Staff of the UK armed forces, General Sharon Nesmith.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/chief-of-defence-command-finland-visited-the-united-kingdom-smooth-cooperation-strengthens-the-alliance-creating-stability-in-the-baltic-sea
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17.5.2023 | Exercise Atrain 23, led by the Coastal Brigade, will be held 26 May - 2 June 2023. The exercise activities will concentrate on the coast of the Gulf of Finland and the sea areas between the Hanko Peninsula and Hamina.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/exercise-atrain-23-trains-cooperation-in-rapidly-evolving-circumstances
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31.1.2025 | The Commander of NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), Lieutenant General Ralph Wooddisse, visited Finland on 30 January 2025. The visit was hosted by the Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki. The ARRC is based in the UK and provides the framework for one of NATO’s Strategic Reserve Corps.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/the-commander-of-nato-s-allied-rapid-reaction-corps-arrc-visited-finland-to-deepen-military-cooperation-1
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17.9.2025 | The Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic Chiefs of Defence Staffs met in Finland on 16 - 17 September. This was an annual meeting; Denmark had hosted the meeting in 2024. The central themes of the meeting included Nordic military cooperation and deepening it in the prevailing security situation and in the longer term.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/annual-meeting-of-nordic-chiefs-of-defence-staffs-in-finland
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5.12.2024 | The Finnish Defence Forces participated in exercise Cyber Coalition 2024 (CC24) organized by NATO from 29 November to 5 December. Cyber Coalition is the flagship of NATO’s cyber exercises and one of the world’s largest annual cyber exercises. The command and cyber range organization of the exercise was in Tallinn, but the majority of the forces involved participated remotely from their own operating areas.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/countering_cyber_threats_calls_for_international_cooperation_and_training
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26.8.2024 | The Coastal Fleet’s multipurpose vessel Louhi will take part in the multinational Balex Delta 2024 environmental response exercise from 26 to 29 August 2024. The exercise is organized in Lithuania, in the port of Klaipeda and on the coast.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/balex-delta-strengthens-multinational-cooperation-1
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7.10.2024 | The multipurpose vessel Louhi will participate in a national environmental response exercise from 7 to 11 October 2024 in Lappohja, Hanko.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/prevention-of-environmental-damage-through-cooperation-between-authorities
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29.7.2022 | In Finland, the Army has organized large training entities which are part of additional international exercise and training activities. Finnish troops have also participated in many international exercises. The main objective of international exercises is to integrate and learn from other forces’ procedures, but for an individual soldier, they are much more than that. In international exercises, you get to train and experience new things that a conscript would not otherwise encounter.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/vigilant-fox-international-cooperation-on-the-individual-level