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31.3.2025 | The Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki, visited Ukraine last week. During the visit, he met with the leadership of the Ukrainian Land Forces and learned about their training programs, facilities, and the command and control structures at various levels.

23.10.2025 | A successful joint exercise, football, local food, and saunas had Royal Navy sailors enthusiastic about Finland.

31.3.2025 | The Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki, visited Ukraine last week. During the visit, he met with the leadership of the Ukrainian Land Forces and learned about their training programs, facilities, and the command and control structures at various levels.

The Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest aerial warfare service branches in the world to operate without interruption since its establishment in 1918.

28.6.2024 | In the spring, the Air Force organized a kick-off event for fighter pilots and aircraft maintenance personnel embarking on an initial training course on the F-35 in the United States. At the event, they were briefed about the coming training period.

5.3.2025 | The combat phase of Exercise Arctic Forge 25 has ended, and foreign troops are currently redeploying to their home bases.

2.8.2019 | Yesterday on 1 August, the Finnish minelayer Hämeenmaa, while performing its duties of monitoring territorial integrity, entered the territorial sea of Russia for a short distance of no more than approximately 600 metres.

2.8.2019 | Yesterday on 1 August, the Finnish minelayer Hämeenmaa, while performing its duties of monitoring territorial integrity, entered the territorial sea of Russia for a short distance of no more than approximately 600 metres.

20.1.2025 | Conscript 2025 Puolustusvoimat A guide for getting ready for military service A guide for getting ready for military service Conscript 2025 A guide for getting ready for military service Conscript 2025 ISBN English print version: 978-951-25-3462-3...

9.6.2018 | Finnish combat engineers participate in the training exercise Saber Strike 18 in Estonia this June. As Finnish special expertise, competence and equipment raise interest in international cooperating partners, Finnish detachments continue to be invited to partake in international training exercises.

30.10.2018 | In the exercise Trident Juncture 18, the Finnish Army will be conducting training with the objective of enhancing international interoperability. This sequenced training that alternates between the areas of Finland, Sweden and Norway will improve our capability in providing and receiving military assistance if it becomes necessary and requested.

20.12.2024 | Conscript 2024 Puolustusvoimat A guide for getting ready for military service A guide for getting ready for military service Conscript 2024 A guide for getting ready for military service Conscript 2024 ISBN English print version: 978-951-25-3406-7...

22.1.2026 | F I N N I S H MILITARY INTELLIGENCE R E V I E W 2 0 2 5 © Defence Command, Finnish Defence Forces, 2025 978-951-25-3485-2 978-951-25-3486-9 (PDF) Printed in Finland PunaMusta Oy, 2025 Photograph credits: Christina Salonius (page 5) istockphoto.com...

5.3.2025 | The combat phase of Exercise Arctic Forge 25 has ended, and foreign troops are currently redeploying to their home bases.

25.5.2018 | Finnish Defence Forces’ equipment will be on display on Koulukatu all day on 4 June.

28.5.2019 | Viewers are welcome to take a look at the Finnish Defence Forces’ materiel and equipment at Vanha Tori Square on the parade day.

4.11.2018 | Undertaking training in the Finnish Rapid Deployment Force, the jaeger company demonstrates versatile capability to conduct versatile missions also independently. Yet, while winter conditions prevail, sustaining combat capability presupposes that both each individual soldier and the unit as a whole remain equally committed.

28.5.2019 | The pass-in review of the National Parade on the Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces will take place on Jätkänkynttilä Bridge in Rovaniemi commencing at 1:15 pm. The ready line of the pass-in review will be located next to Ounaspuistikko Park.

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.

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.