Twenty-three Finnish conscripts were exposed to potentially damaging noise after an object exploded in a campfire during an exercise at the Kyläjärvi training area in Sodankylä. The incident occurred while conscripts from the Lapland Jaeger Battalion were spending their evening free time around the fire. The incident adds to a series of recent noise-exposure accidents […]

A Finnish conscript was injured after a training hand grenade exploded in his hand during a live-fire exercise at the Pori Brigade’s Niinisalo training area. The incident occurred shortly after 10 a.m. on Friday. According to the brigade, the conscript suffered minor injuries to his hand. He was examined at the scene and was also […]

Finnish military officers have warned that outdated combat methods still dominate conscript training and that some of the tactics being taught would not work on a modern battlefield. Officers interviewed anonymously by Helsingin Sanomat argue that Finnish infantry and mechanised units remain too reliant on concentrating hundreds of soldiers for movement and attacks, formations that […]

More than 2,000 conscripts from a single Finnish intake fail to complete their military service, according to Ilta-Sanomat. The figure amounts to roughly one in six male conscripts, highlighting the substantial attrition in Finland’s supposedly universal conscription system. The dropout rate is not new: Finnish Defence Forces data previously showed that around 16% of conscripts […]