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30.6.2025 | New recruits will begin their military service in Finnish Defence Forces and Border Guard units on Monday, 7 July. Approximately 12,500 recruits will start their service in contingent 2/25.

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.

Selection event Regional offices will invite those who applied for voluntary service to a selection event which will be organised in April. If you applied for service between 16 January 2025 and 15 January 2026, your selection event will take plac...

29.6.2023 | Altogether c. 11,600 recruits will start the conscript service part of the liability for military service on Monday 3 July. The majority, c. 9,000, will serve in the Army brigade-level units, and 1,500 in the Navy brigade-level units, and 760 in the brigade-level units of the Air Force. The Finnish Border Guard will receive 340 recruits. Of the persons liable for military service starting their service, more than 700 will be women in total.

Military Service in Army Academy Recruits The Army Academy trains conscripts as infantry, military police, drivers, medics and for various duties in logistics. Approximately one third of the conscripts receive leadership training in the Non-Commis...

As a conscript in the Naval Academy The Naval Academy takes in conscripts for the Reserve Officer Course that is organized twice a year. In addition to this, conscripts serve at the school as ship’s cooks, graphic designers and with special tasks ...

Conscript training in the Navy It is great that you are interested in or that you have been ordered to carry out your military service or your voluntary military service for women in the Navy. The Navy offers versatile, interesting and challenging...

Tasks that you apply for while in military service Make the most of military service and utilise your civilian competences! In special tasks you get to utilise the competences that you have developed prior to the military service, hone you skills ...

Welcome to the Finnish Navy! The In Service with us section provides information for the new recruits entering military service and Navy reservists. The Navy is one of the three services of the Finnish Defence Forces. A total of approximately 3,50...

Regional offices of the Finnish Defence Forces service the conscripts and reservists. For the public we have information about how to apply for permits and for example most used forms.

Fit for military service During the compulsory military service, the proportion of physical training takes up almost half of the time used for training. The aim is for conscripts to use physical education to find ways to maintain an active lifesty...

MIlitary Sports is about better physical training for conscripts, offering good opportunities for personnell, and competions. The sports and physival training is always based on best practises and research.

Serving in the Guard Jaeger Regiment The Guard Jaeger Regiment trains troops specialised in urban combat. We train, for example, urban jaegers, military police, reconnaissance specialists, military drivers and leaders. Our spearhead unit is the re...

4.2.2026 | The military oath and affirmation ceremonies of contingent 1/26 will take place in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi garrisons on Saturday, 14 February 2026.

Voluntary military service for women Interested in military service? You can apply for voluntary military service the year you turn 18. To apply, you must be a Finnish citizen and physically and mentally fit for military training. You can also app...

2.4.2026 | For several years, the Navy has been developing a comprehensive capability to produce virtual exercises to train soldiers with better skills. This time, the Navy is piloting a procedure exercise for the virtual training environment for trainees to practise situations involving damages on a vessel in a setting that simulates reality.

4.2.2026 | The military oath and affirmation ceremonies of contingent 1/26 will take place in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi garrisons on Saturday, 14 February 2026.

On Monday 7 July 2025, the conscripts in the contingent 2/25 will start their service, of whom altogether up to c. 9,700 trainees will start their service at the Army brigade-level units.

How to apply The application procedure for the Defence Forces’ tasks conforms to recruitment practises in the Finnish government administration. A person appointed to a post within the Defence Forces must be a Finnish citizen and fulfil the eligib...

Department of Academic Affairs The Department of Academic Affairs is under the command of the Vice Rector and its responsibilities include recruitment of students for officer training, preparing the selections and the overall development of teachi...