In early winter, Army training exercises will have thousands of conscripts, who are about to muster into the reserve in December, train together with reservists and allies across Finland, said Finnish Army in a press release on Thursday.
The exercises aim to validate the joint wartime capability of persons liable for military service trained for their tasks.
The training exercises to be held at the turn of November-December mark conclusion of training and validate the competence of conscripts about to muster into the reserve, as well as sustain competence of reservists and service personnel attending refresher training exercises.
The exercises ensure integration of lessons identified and learned concerning the war in Ukraine in training settings.
The exercises will be participated by conscripts, reservists, and service personnel from all Army brigade-level units as well as from other services and the Finnish Border Guard.
Alongside persons liable for military service, soldiers from Allied nations will train defending Finland in a number of exercises. The exercises will also strengthen the reserve’s capability for combined joint operating and build-up of fighting force together with Allies.
The exercise entity during early winter will also involve air operation and other exercise activity of the Utti Jaeger Regiment across Finland.
In Southern Finland, more than 6,500 soldiers will be training in the Guard Jaeger Regiment -led exercise Lively Sentry 25 from November 27 to December 12.
In the exercise, up to c. 850 service personnel, altogether 4,000 conscripts and 1,700 reservists will develop their capability for joint operating in the area of Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, and Päijät-Häme.
Meanwhile, on the training exercise grounds of Vuosanka, the multinational LIVEX Northern Axe 25 will be held from November 29 to December 5.
The training audience of about 3,000 personnel will comprise 1,900 conscripts, 370 service personnel, 630 reservists, and 70 soldiers from the UK. In the training exercise, also reservists of a Regional Company will have a major role.
Up North, the training exercise activity will start by the Army Academy -led anti-tank missile exercise Northern Spike 25. To be held at the training exercise area of Rovajärvi from November 8 to 16.
The exercise will be participated by about 200 personnel. The key training objective of the exercise is to harmonise the Army training in anti-tank missile systems, and have the training level of units validated by the Army Academy.
At Rovajärvi, the Kainuu Brigade -led exercise Northern Strike 225 will be held from November 17 to 25. About 2,200 soldiers will take part of whom about 40 will be from Poland.
At Rovajärvi, Europe’s largest training exercise area, exercise activity will continue as the Jaeger Brigade -led exercise Lapland Steel 25 starts. From November 26 to December 5, the exercise will be participated by up to 1,200 personnel of whom about 120 will be from Sweden and about 100 from the UK.
The exercise will validate the joint operating capability of Finnish persons liable for military service with allies under early winter conditions in the North.
The most important training exercise of the forces of ground-based air defence, ADEX Mallet Strike 2/25 will be held at the range and training exercise area of Lohtaja from November 11 to 20.
From the Army the exercise will be participated by personnel from all brigade-level units that provide training in ground-based air defence. The strength of the primary training audience will be up to about 1,000 soldiers including service personnel, reservists, and conscripts.
Directed by Inspector of Air Defence, the exercise will advance the capability of forces employing air defence weapon systems to operate in versatile target situations and in a challenging electronic warfare environment.
The exercise will be participated by forces from the UK and Sweden as well. The objective of multinational operational activity is to develop air defence interoperability and tactics, techniques and procedures with the allies.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
