I served in the Finnish military for 18 years. Something we constantly tried to do was to try to instill a positive feeling towards exercise and sports into the conscripts to keep them doing it even after their service.

@ukkomies100

8 ай бұрын

Its very respectable. During corona the opposite happened. Coming back from a 4 day leave to again spend 5 weeks of prison life and having to run around the building for 1-2hours on the day of return as ”its our fault if you are hungover” (well it is but is beyond the point)

Yeah it's funny how we never even think about the fact that the cashier in front of me is capable of using an assault rifle or a rocket launcher. Makes you think.

@Marxist-Nixonist-Bidenist

9 ай бұрын

Now that you mention it does feel kinda strange

@samihyleh865

2 ай бұрын

Naah it does not make think or think ot is strange. It is just normal here.

@Nekoksu

2 ай бұрын

@@samihyleh865 Go back to sleep. You are drunk, or you make not think... Onko englanti oikeesti noin hankalaa?

Finnish point of view: I took the longer path back in the day by training some leadership skills. Got home as a sergeant with loads of useful skills, and should anything bad happen, we are ready and prepared. In Finland we definitely don't want war but if someone else wants it, we will give them hell.

@AZB2000

3 ай бұрын

Saiko upseerin natsoilla pillua niinku luvattiin?

@77sailordude

2 ай бұрын

​@@AZB2000Miten joku nainen tietää mitä natsoja on? Et kai sä juossut uniformu päällä vapailla? Taidat olla joku säälittävä sivari.

@AZB2000

2 ай бұрын

@@77sailordudeJoo en uskaltanu mennä armeeijaan ku eiks siellä huudeta jne

Finns got military reserves of up to 1 MILLION men. In a country that consists of only 5.5 million people. Let that sink in. Every single external study states that Finns got great training and are well equipped. Including, but not limited to the biggest artillery in Europe. People are also very motivated to defend the country, and the military service, while not fit for absolutely everyone, certainly benefits most people in countless ways. The guys and gals in the reserves love to share their "war stories", and the most active reservists also tend to practice shooting sports, such as SRA or IPSC, often with their own personally owned gear. Yes, a civilian can indeed own guns in Finland.

@syrenet

8 ай бұрын

I mean, we have ruskis as our neighbour, it is kinda must have. also every building larger than your avrege huts have bomb shelters.

@glenchapman3899

8 ай бұрын

@@syrenet And the fact Russia threatens Finland every Tuesday, really motivates the people to take defense very seriously

@syrenet

8 ай бұрын

And they kinda invaded couple times already, and bombed all the civilian buildings to ground level, just like they are doing at ukrain right now.

I served in the army for 285 days, in 1995-1996. I was trained to armoured carrier driver/leader. Nothing bad to say about that time. There was no females in the finnsh army then, but now my daughter is serving in same place that i was, she's a trained combat medic. I'm so proud of her :)

103 days left. Almost 250 days behind. Still enjoying the military.

As a 50-year old female that comes from a active duty military family most of the men around me were still going to military refresher courses in their 40s, because they were part of the reserve command structures. They were always taught how to use the new equipment and my brother in law who's in military police went to retraining every 5 years or so, because he'd be part of the first round of confiscating vehicles etc. for the army before anything real even started. The state knows exactly the vehicles to confiscate and the most efficient route to collect them. I live above a bomb shelter like most people in cities, have heard sirens being tested every week of my life and regualrly hear fighter jets practicing flying stealth over the city. And even women are part of the support services, like my 70-year old godmother who has a catering business and is still subject to orders to pick her pots and pans in case of martial law to go and cook for the troops. We know who's behind our border even if the full-blown invasion of Ukraine came as a a surprise to us too. Slava Ukraini!

Every country should do this: Not war. Peace, love and remember freedom. All good from Finland.

When I went through it first, I was not in very good shape, and it was a bit of a harsh start, but after all, it was a great experience. It is somehow a reality check for yourself when you're a young adult, and it is still quite a normal idea to do your service because your grandfather, father, brother, and friends have gone through it too. It was always clear to me: serve your country :). I still have good memories of my time in the army over 20 years ago.

362 days in training in the Finnish military.Not too short or long,was there in the age of 18,still remember my training even that I'm over 40 now😊

Hopefully we Finns don't share your units or jobs in detail here in the chat. Remember opsec!!

@herm195

9 ай бұрын

Jobs and units are fine, but going into detail is indeed not good.

@suomilaava371

9 ай бұрын

@@herm195 One´s gotta strive to stay within the limits of what they share on their own media outlets.

@OH8EFI

9 ай бұрын

​@@herm195Depends on the unit and job. Like e.g. talking about being in EW or Readiness unit might not be the best thing to disclose

@newera478

9 ай бұрын

Depends on so many things if you could share detailed information about your unit/job. For example combat medic training is pretty straightforward all over the world so nothing to hide in that front.

@kiivarinen

8 ай бұрын

Those who tell, don't know. Those who don't tell, know 😉

Hello. I had 11month military service. I liked the way they teached us and i had some motivation try get to leader school. I had good to time in army and I will defend my country if needed.

I was competing athlete at the time so physical side was not a problem. Military service was great time and gave a lot skills, knowledge and guidance for later life. Fantastic experience. Would do it in a heart beat anytime!

If you really enjoy reacting to this content you should try these: -Army doctrine 2015 -Taistelukenttä 2020 First one is a demonstration of modern tactics and capabilities Second one is every reservists favorite a simulation of how would a war proceed with real news anchors and what not

@OH8EFI

9 ай бұрын

I vote for Battlefield 2020 also! What a superb modern reanactment of a serious situation

@Croiasan

9 ай бұрын

Taistelukenttä 2020 is really cool, and imo it's made better than like 80% of videos out there. (amazing editing etc.)

@100heroinprofessional5

5 ай бұрын

Mert fin you should check and do reaction video.

@100heroinprofessional5

5 ай бұрын

I mean that taistelukenttä2020

Thank you for this video, cause I think It's quite legit. I was overweight when I went to army, but regular eating and physical exercises in service helped so that I'd lose weight fast. I Served in Rovaniemi. Even that was a shock. Lappland. I Started my service July 2nd 1998 so it sun didn't go down. That was different. Summa summarum: I've been to at least 10 mandatory rehearsals after service. My rank has risen. It's all good.

I was an anti tank offroad motorcycle driver, also had some training in signals(the best my english can explain it). But my background in enduro and conputer technology was very well considered

I actually laughed at the question about where people where and what did they do there, since it was kind of implied to us during my service that we're not supposed to talk about where we were to non-Finns, and especially not if our wartime placement is set into the same position as what we were trained as. 😂

Recon training through conscription here. Looking back I have I no idea how I managed it. It was HARD. I had my service late 90's, so long time ago. I did old school 11 months of service. That time gave me more than it took, it shaped me as a person, it all contributed to who I am today. Reserve staff sergeant as of today and still could put a lot of that shit they trained us to do. You'll never forget it all really, it's like riding a bike.

The mental side of the first day was easy for me. I am not easily shocked by anything. The only physical obstacle was when we had to carry our gear (approx 100 kg) to our room in the barracs which was located in the second floor. I just did not have the strength to carry that much weight and walk up the stairs. Fortunately the giant from next room (he was a basketball player) offered some assistance.

I went to army to be 9 month as a combat medic, came out 12 month later as team leader.

@samiaaltonen7456

9 ай бұрын

Sodankylä on hyvä paikka

What i like in finnish conscript service is that its quite equal. You dont get special treatment or a pass if you have a rich family. Also i think you can only get to officer training if you have proved yourself somehow. So theres a better chance for good leaders. I only served 6 months myself.

I wish I would have stayed for one year, but by the time I had to choose, I did not know enought about the tasks of our squad leaders. I would have really enjoyed that and this feeling only got stronger by the voluntary rehearsal trainings. And just because the enemy reads these comments, I will not give more details about my deployment.

I was a nerd with the physique of slender man when conscripted. No preparation whatsoever. The biggest issues I had were with lifting heavy objects when loading/unloading our gear on trucks. I refused to perform some tasks, because I was seriously worried about injury. Along with a handful of other guys, they made us go to the gym every night and eat an extra meal. Of course I hated it, but it felt pretty good to get those beginner gains. Probably never would've learned about strength training otherwise. Overweight guys would mostly have problems with foot sores, since they are more stressed by running and marching. Other than that, they did fine.

I served full year in Tikkakoski, later in Kauhava before that base went defunct. I'm redacting stuff so i can't say how i felt. but i eventually did enough rehearsals that i attained the highest rank i could as NCO. that is the rank of Vääpeli in reserves.

I served as a conscript 362 days. We were the last patch in 2012 to serve that long, after us they dropped it to 347 days. i was trained as an engineer nco and i feel the time was just right what we spend in there and the learning doesnt stop when you compelete your military service we have to attend in refreshment exercises in the reserve also.

@Robbini0

8 ай бұрын

I was in the first group to serve 255 as a lääkintämies, so it was a bit of experience for us as well.

As we say in finland "every country has an military. If it's not country's own, then it's some other country's military" But you have really no choice how long you serve. You can tell where you want to serve, but if military needs something else then they order you there. Like I wanted to serve as electrician because I wanted to serve only 6 months. But they made me electrician and truck driver so I spend 362 days in military. Now i think that it was time well spend, but back then I was broken and hated it. And yes I was also overweight when I started my service and lose 20kg from my weight in first 2 months.

I served in the Mortar Company as a radio (signal) trooper. My job was to stay awake when others slept and keep my ears open for radio communications. It is harder than you think, when you don't have a vial of Pervitin at your disposal.

- I was in the Karelian brigade in a heavy field artillery battery I/09 for 180 days. It was short time but felt like eternity as every day is so full of content, it was like life long adventure. Absolute mindblow. - females... there was 3 medics and one in scouts but none in our battery. Sadly they were not been taken seriously but what can you expect among 2300 young men with brains of a teen boy. - Training is really heavy but you get used to it. Most intensive I experienced was most likely traditional "Häklin Hölkkä" or "Häkli's jogging" where they drop you and your team into the middle of nowhere with a map and you run back through 5 points without food or pause. Between points you have to do some extra tasks like carry tree trunks or buckets of water. We did it in 2 days but other teams arrived in 2-4 days. After finnish line I collapsed on stairs and woke up one hour later. Winning team get's 3 days off, second 2 and third 1. Rest of the teams spend next 3 days cleaning. - My weight dropped from 95kg to 72kg and could do multiple lifts instead of zero. I ate like horse 5 times a day and was growing only muscle without GYM even if that was an option. There is a minimum requirements that you would meet there. For example of you can't run 2400m in 12 min, then you spend your free time running until you can. Most men do turn back to marshmallows after service in 5 years. In our battery there was one so fat that he was nearly evicted but he got a deck job and one guy who could not swim so he spent he's free time in swimming school. - Modern equipment... We have mortar tank that can fire 5 shots while driving 80km/h on a dirt road so that all of those shots land at the same time on another moving vehicle tens of kilometers away. In training we use old equipment, for example RK62 instead of RK95TP. All the yellow colors on weapons indicate that it is harmless weapon for training. You can spot those colors in the video. - What is like to be around 155mm heavy artillery cannon. OMG! What is it like to fire a rocket from your shoulder, not what I expected, it's like someone hit's your helmet with a baseballpat but it didn't hurt. What was it like to blow up 10kg of TNT, OMG JESUS CHRIST!

I did my service back in 1989 and went through the reserve officer school. Despite of my doubts at first place, training was meaningful, demanding and tough. However it was really rewarding in the end. Specially the leadership training first at AUK (to be group leader) and then at RUK (to be platoon leader) provided me with so many skills. Working as a group, handling the fact, that at first day, your team was formed from men from different walks of life. I as "big city" person met men from countryside and from smaller villages of the country. Those obviously had different mindsets, different goals of life etc. Some men had only basic schooling, some vocational schools, some had gone to secondary school (high school). Some men, who had delayed their service, even had family already and life settled as most of the men were still "living with mommy and daddy" or just moving out of their first family. However, whis variety provided one important skill, that is to be able to co-operate with people from all walks of life. Very important lesson learned. Platoon leader training at RUK at Hamina city and at it's surrounding woods was very, very, very demanding even for me, who did sports 5-6 days a week in civil life. As my basic military training was "engineer" working with installing minefields, we normally worked during the night. In every single training and especially in the combined trainings with other military branches we always moved at night and installed the training minefields at night. In combined trainings It was a common joke within the normal jaegers/infantry units, that just when the Jaegers platoon leader will fall in to sleep, then the "engineers" arrive and wake him up and he have to wake up and go off with the engineers to define the places for the protective mine fields. Very growing, very meaningful and very educative training. And very good value for my later civilian work life.

I wish I could rewind the time and be 18 again. So good memories ( also some bad... yes it was tough ) from the military service. But I would love to do it all again without any hesitation. The present day service is a lot different than what it was back then, and the training facilities are far more modern, so I am sure the experience would be top notch.

Even though Finland has few inhabitants compared to the size of the country, it has a strong, well-trained, and well-equipped army. Personally, I welcome Finland's accession and Sweden's imminent entry into NATO. With these two countries, as well as with Norway, NATO and especially Europe have extremely reliable partners in the north.

Actually it is relatively easy to not do the conscription in Finland but yet about 80% of men do it

@DruidEnjoyer

9 ай бұрын

All you really need to do is to find a doctor to diagnose you with some mild form of depression or anxiety disorder ( not difficult at all ), and give the army those papers, and they will leave you alone without further questions. No need to do the civil service either that way.

@svv625

9 ай бұрын

Real patriotic finns do their duty. Unfortunately even finns have some lazy pussies

@Topias_K

7 ай бұрын

@@DruidEnjoyer Those cowards who choose the civilian service instead of military service will go to the war like everyone else, except we don't give weapons to these men because they can't be trusted. During a state of war, such "papers" have no value. As we say in our military service, they are very good personnel for demining so we save valuable soldiers to defend our country. You serve your country way or another.

@DruidEnjoyer

7 ай бұрын

@@Topias_K I think Putin would like your style. Maybe you should hop the border and join him.

@JukkaRamo

Ай бұрын

@@DruidEnjoyer Maybe YOU should leave Finland

My first whole day as a conscript was the longest day of my life so far. We woke up at 6 am and the whole day was packed with things to do and everything was new.

9:10 I didn't train beforehand, I had a decent baseline physique though. 50 ish push ups, plenty of sit ups, 15-20 pull-ups, and decent enough cardio. Perseverance and mental fortitude is what matters the most, though.

I will explain how this goes in Finland. The military service is mandatory for any native male, they will usually call you around 18 years of age. It can take anywhere from 5 months to a year considering if you go to train to be an officer or not. There are medical tests that usually determine what you can do. A is for those who are deemed fit enough mentally and physically. B is for those who are not so physically able but can still serve in some capacity, they are usually asigned desk jobs or something like training communications, code breaking, coding etc. C is a release from service, usually from medical reasons, whether mental or physical(depression and heavy anxiety is a common mental one that can get you a release permit). During the weekends you can go home if it is close, but generally you live among the other trainees at the barracks. After the service, there is a retraining period every 5 years or so until a certain age, that lasts for 2 weeks. Not everyone can be a good soldier however, and some don't even want to kill or touch guns. For those people there is an alternative, it is called a civil service period. Basically you go to a place called Lapinjärvi, for a 4 week orientation, after which you will start a year working at some place you have chosen, like public library etc. Your rent and other home expenses are covered for the perioud, sometimes they offer you a new home where you can live when you work. Plus the nation will pay you a small sum of money daily, like they do when youre in the army, but otherwise you will not get any pay for the job in civil service, unless they want to pay you(most don't). You work 7-8 hours per day, 5 days per week. You can have about 25 holiday days you can use, like in the army, plus if you do a good job they can give you bonus holiday days as in the army. You can live and study or just hang out during your free time. After you complete the service, it will be viewed as a job experience, you can use it on your CV. Some may even get their first paying job or start a career with such connections. Those who cannot for some reason find a work place will remain at Lapinjärvi Center, they will assign you a living quarters and some jobs to do there like chopping/hauling wood and cleaning or maybe desk jobs(for the lucky ones). You work around 7 hours per day and have an half hour lunch break at 12. During the weekends you can travel home if you wish, they cover about half the expenses for that. But you have to be back there at monday 8 am. This continues for a year. There are some people who for whatever reason refuse to do both the army and civilian service. They used to go to jail for about 6 months, but these days this is usually handled with a leg band watch. You basically can live normally at home, but under supervision and have to report every now and then. Women do not have to do the service, however some choose to for whatever reason. Some do it cause the army can offer a good career if youre up to it.

Lets say my training was good enough for me to still after 20 years remember 60-70% of the training. Got injured so not allowed to go there blow up stuff anymore but with less than 2 months training I would be in good enough shape to blow things up again(I assume there's lots of new stuff and I'm not in the best shape so 2 months of running would do wonders). My education in electronics, programming and chemicals would probably help a bit too with the new stuff. That weapon cleaning is hard to forget because we lived 3-4 nights in the forest every week and there was lots of sand everywhere. Edit: Yes it would be great for every man and woman to have to do this, like we had boys from the city that didn't even know how to cut down a tree and make firewood. Like you do not have chances to learn things like that in a city so. Then survival training is always good, pushing yourself to your limits and beyond to a stage of desperation/misery. You are so tired and so hungry and every part of your body hurts from walking but to control that and manage to do the task needed is a lesson everyone should learn if they ever end up in a situation like that.

While the concription can be tough and sometimes you'll find yourself hungry, tired af and pissed off beyond all comprehension when you're trying to take a nap in a sogging wet sleeping bag while them tent skirts are slapping you in the face due to stormy winds, it also creates the greatest of memories. I've served in FDF for 21 years now, conscription included, and the funniest, most tragicomical, fondest memories to which I still today can't help but laugh at are those of mishaps.. of various magnitude. But we pulled each other through all of them, it bonded our unit together. One time our squad was battling through a crueling three day competition of survival and battle. After two nights of minimal (mandatory) resting time we were dragging ourselves forward in the dead of night in pitch black forest, until we noticed that one of us, let's call him 'Mike', had fallen behind. We called him, asking him what the hold up was. He responded from afar "Guys, you're never gonna believe this." "What" we asked. "I crapped my pants." You know that uncontrollable laughter when you're really tired, when you lose all sense of reality and balance. Yeah.. Once we managed to gather ourselves we had a bit of a break, 'Mike' went to clean himself the best he could under the circumstances. Then we just continued pushing on. Afterwards 'Mike' told us that he didn't want to slow our squad down just because of his number two, he thought he could hold it until the next checkpoint. Obviously he failed, but the sentiment tells the whole story; I am not important, the mission is, the squad is. The platoon is. The company is. The battalion is. The battlegroup is. The army is. The country is important. Therefore, him crapping his pants turned out as a badge of honor, rather than an embarrassment. By the way, every time we meet 'Mike' again we advice him not to soil himself. Then we share a pint.

At the beginning I wanted to just get it over with and do 6 months, but once I got accustomed to army life, I ended up wanting to do a full year, so I enrolled into the leader course. The choice had its ups and downs in the end, but not once have I regretted doing it, and the leadership skills I learned have been helpful in civilian life

it is naturally clear that we cannot be completely open about the content and goals of our military training. however, we thank you for your interest. the answers are the personal experiences of those who have gone through conscript service. 

For what I remember from my first day in, in 2011 is that the equipment pack indeed was fricking heavy hah. And I was in a reasonable condition from doing a lot of push ups and jogging pre-conscription. I was already a nursing student by then so the natural path was the combat medical course.

Check: Combat Camera Showreel 2022 by the Finnish Defence Forces at some point. Cool modern training footage!

Most people don't realize what was the most terrifying thing with Simo Häyhä. It was the fact that he approached the war and the killing like a normal day job. He wasn't a blood-lusted beast. He was in a sense just a normal guy. This same fact applies to all the Finns overall. That's the most terrifying thing you can imagine in a sense.

When i went to call ups/army, i wished to be a medic, me and all others Practical nurses/nurses were automaticly selected to be medics. Our year there were 10 in total, 8 medics and 2 medic corporals. 4 out of 8 medics were already medical professionals. Occasionally we got to teach the other four some basic medcial skills, injections etc. Most of the training were lead by our bosses, two Medical First Lieutenats. Army was good times👍🏼

When I was working in the army as a civilian, there was a recruit who was overweight, he was working in the kitchen, and he said he gained 10 kg in a year.

I did my conscription in navy, being able bodied signalist in missile boat Raahe (72), 2nd flaggery of patrol fleet, Helsinki Naval Station (I'm guessing English translation for "vartiolaivueen 2. viirikkö"). Basic training should be all the same for every conscript. That went fine. Totally I served 330 days in 1991-1992. I was only specialized signalist with no officer training. Today I'm 51 years old and they are about to scrap the ship that was brand new when I joined. I think my navy career as reservist is over but I have kept my shooting skills and I am an active reservist still today. I think the best asset of Finnish Defense Forces is the our willingness to defend our country - it's very strong.

As a Finnish conscript, I can vouch that the 6-12 months is enough to train soldiers. The reason is, that the schedule is brutally efficient. There is minimal downtime. You wake up at around 6am, morning jog to eat breakfast, then it's an entire day of lectures, exams, practical training, physical training. All the way to 6-9PM. Of course there is a lunch and dinner break. Most often we ate outside at the training sites. It felt like we were having a fitness PT routine, all while taking a college degree in a specific field of warfare, complete with on the job training sessions. We had both written exams on subjects, as well as practical tests like "wargames". Where we would be outside for a week or more, camping in a training field with blanks. We would be fighting a simulated enemy, played often by reservists, or in special cases by friendly NATO troops in joint exercises. The "enemy" would always be trying to win for real. After the conscript service is over, you can be called for refresher training. More likely than not, if you are among the people who would be in the first batch of drafted soldiers, in case of a crisis. So the first wave of mobilization, would be the very top of their class conscripts who have gotten refreshment training regularly, or even worked in the army for a couple years as an NCO. And while they hold the line, the people who did their 6-12 months, would be rushed in waves, to complete refresher training and to awaken the muscle memory of the skills they learned back in the day. As well as any updates to stuff that might be outdated.

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I was in the Finnish military in 1998. Back then, the serving times were 6, 9 or 12 months. I was there for 6 months. I wasn't very motivated for it. I was there because it was mandatory for males. The alternative of choosing civil service was something that was looked down upon and would have lasted a year. Many of the of the trainers we had were total jerks. Not quite as bad as gunnery sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, but still quite awful. They killed most of what little motivation that remained. When I now think back on those times, it tends to evoke feelings of rage and other violent thoughts towards those assholes.

You should also remember Finland's voluntary activities. Finland is one of the most active countries where volunteer activities have been developed over time. One thing to note is that the activation of voluntary activities has been noticed during the next few years. So, above all, in addition to a well-managed defense force, this country has a nation that is ready to defend our integrity. The number of Finnish women in the defense forces is still growing, so the Lotta activities of the past continue in the form of direct action. The best nation and the warmest nation, who will surely defend their own country in the event of an attack, which the veterans have already guaranteed us in their battles before

Me myself am 18 and just got drafted to military 5 days ago. At the drafting event we got to know our personal time where and placement where we're going to perform the service. I'm not going untill July 2025 but that's what I wanted and I got to go to the placement which I wanted so I'm very pleased and happy. And gonna serve for 347 days ofc🫡 I'm realy looking forward to it! And funny enough this same video was shown for us soon-to-be-drafted at the drafting event.

@mikaelhiunu4135

6 ай бұрын

Or atleast the first few minutes of it

@mikaelhiunu4135

6 ай бұрын

And meant call-ups like they say in the subtitles😅

Btw the narrator of this video is a radio DJ Jone Nikula. Right now he is in Ukraine delivering supplies. We know who the enemy of the free world is. Not only do we defend our ground, we aid those who stand up to the enemy. Slava Ukraina.

Before I went to conscription I had Maritime and IT-studies under me, so I was put into ship communications. First I was bummed, since that sounded boring, but it was actually amazing. I worked daily on high security stuff and even the commander of the ship knocked on the door of the communications cabin, before he entered there. I was treated like carreer soldiers and didn't have to stand on the deck on rain, like many other conscripts on the ship had to. And learned a lot of communications, IT and networking, which has helped on me on professional carreer - now I work on IT with above average wage. Would go back and do again any time.

As someone who was in the Finnish army for military service, i can anwser your question at 1:48 I feel like it should have been longer for me, if i could have been for 12 months, i would have, but due to medical reasons i was given a role that was only 165 days of service.

there was alot of people in my barracks who couldn't handle the pressure being in my unit, from 200 people we were left to have, only 90guys stayed in with us 😂, from the first 3days, I was awake for the first 3days for no reason at all, I couldn't sleep and almost got sent to hospital but luckily fell asleep next night 😂😂

I served in my days for 8 months. After that i served in Bosnia for 16 months. You cant get better friends than from there.

Yes, like i was Military Police in the army, so i have to be there 270 days. But it was very nice time =)

Some prepared for the service, some like me did not :D we had people from one end to the other, I was approximately in the middle of fitness. We had people who couldn't run for 30 seconds straight and others who could run way over 3k in 12 minutes

Was special trained to a sniper in the Jegar batajon Dragsvik. Nice time. :) I tried the Kauhava flightbataljon, but got a reservplace nr 45 out of 1500 intrested, so close call. Cold have been a pilot.

@elisabethnyman9528

8 ай бұрын

Interesting facts of me and Simo Häyhä. We both have same day of birth and are saggitarius as horoscopes. I like to fight alone like Häyhä.

I was in military service in KaiPr (Kajaani), year was 1989-90. I am not afraid of defending our country. Nobody comes here with bad ideas.

Minä arvostan kaikkia armeijan käyneitä !

@antcommander1367

9 ай бұрын

samaten vaikka itse en pääsytkään, C-palvelus luokka.

@saturahman7510

9 ай бұрын

​@@antcommander1367 Onneksi ei ole naisille pakollinen, mutta mun veli kävi armeijan. Kertoi siitä, että lievää simputusta.

I was drug addict when i went in and suffered withrawals first three weeks in and my first weekend leave was after 5 weeks. I got ridd off drugs and cigarets. It was best thing ever. I was there 285 days and was military police in service. It was 1996 january when i started it. First years when women could enter service too.

You can i.e have professional qualification for semi-trailer combination truck which is valid in civilian life also...

I served as a weather man in coastal artillery back in 2002. Only a handful of weather men are trained each year. Our goal is to make artillery a lot more accurate by taking measurements of wind speed and direction, moisture and pressure in different heights using weather balloons and radio sondes. All that data is then send to a computer that makes corrections to a gun aiming.

I went through the service in 1978 and it took 8 months in artillery. They wanted me to go through the NCO training, but I declined, becouse it would take 11 months. In that time the military service wasn't too popular and you tried to go over it as easy as possible. So, I became as a medic... 😅

Service time was earlier little different. I did 11 months in 1994. I was trained to be officer in heavy mortar company. I think time was sufficient.. Now same training is 12 months. Part of jobs of mortar officers is surveying and I was also trained to do that. After conscription I studied M.Sc. from land surveying and I am now department head at Finnish National Land Survey..

i served 362 days(2013), best time of my life

Almost all cops need to have good conscription behind them before applying to Police academy. In Special Forces/MP/other related or physical stuff.

I served in a jäger battalion from 1999 to 2000, from basic training to NCO. The experience was strange to say the least, ranging from solid competence to ridiculous farce, as should perhaps be expected when you have lots of young men grouped together. Despite being infantry, we had very little training that would involve working with tanks, much less with other armed services. If I recall, we had two old T-72 tanks in some exercises, one of which got stuck in a swamp once due to trouble with its engine or gearbox. Looking inside them you would see an odd sight - recently installed modern electronics right next to a seat with the leather cushion completely worn away, making it clear the tank was decades older. One observation that was clear to everyone was that the groups starting service in July and January were not equal. Most Finns go to high school which ends in spring, leading to most men starting their service in the summer being high school graduates from that same year. The group that started in the winter was both smaller and on average less educated and motivated. We had men choosing to go to civilian service in both groups, but more so from the winter group, and at least one who was deemed unsuitable and sent away. There was also one man who had avoided service for years, and rumor had it had been brought in with police involvement - but once there he was rational and competent, and would have been leadership material if he had not dodged conscription for so long. In a way, the military was a place where men from all walks of life would meet - university applicants from Helsinki, farm boys from Kainuu, factory workers from Karelia, sons of migrants and refugees. We saw them all, and we all went through it together.

Overall, good experience. First morning. NCO, kick metal trashcan in to our room. Woke up call! I did a year and became NCO (not professional). Finish men and woman who did service have always something similar experience to talk about. United things to even strangers who meet in your life.

A lot of people feel otherwise but personally I feel that 5,5 months was too short. My reasoning is just it was pretty fun lol.

I served in the military in the special forces(Suomen kansaiväliset valmiusjoukot)and Afghanistan as a peacekeper. We got into armed conflict several times, and I felt that it was time to retire after a while. Finlands man power, air force, naval guard, special forces and artillery is top quality, eaven though our military spending is quite small in my oppinion.

I went to army knowing I wanted to be a military driver (11months) because I wanted the benefits it gives once youre get out (truck driving license and professional qualification to work as a truck driver). Well I got what I wanted spent my service in a mortar company driving around with mortar and sleeping a lot. :)

Finish Army service was so horrible, that my most best things in my life happened in army time.

I feel like most people try to get a half year service and get out as soon as possible. I'm currently going through my military service and have about 280 days left

doing you duty is something what noboby cannot take from you. i was in Kaipr. in 92. and after couple of months, my fysical contidion wasnt ok. so the unit commander ,most likely suggested by medical corps, offered me just to quit. i pleaded that in my home area. southern pohjanmaa, i dont dare came back home by milk train. officer sees my pain and agrees to transfer my sorry ass to unit which handles supporting front line units. i served full 8 months and was awarded rank promotion of corporal. and in a last day in service,. in a ceremony giving your military passports i was supriced and received wall memorabilia, witch states best fighter of unit. I WAS AMAZED. if you are willing to defend you way of life. DONT GIVE UP.

Yeah. as a Fin that went through the military service and have talked with other people that have done it one thing is clear, when you force people that would have "better" things to do at THAT POINT OF TIME in their life, usually fresh out of school (obviously you can postpone going to the military up to age of 30, but when you are at the recruitment interview as a teen you might get bit nervous of the two or more stern highbrass people staring at you and end up doing your service asap anyways) like getting straight to work life and get experience get your network of people for later in life up and running, maybe meet the the love of your life and enjoy the first fat paychecks of your life and all that it's not good. Later in life, when you've been working in your cubicle for 10 years few months in the Finnish forrests living in a tent getting correct portions of food and daily physical activity sounds almost like a damn holiday! Anything that is forced is bad for the morale so you get troops that aren't motivated and thus aren't willing to learn so they don't. Now get a punch of motivated people who like that sort of thing and watch them go! Don't get me wrong, every single Finnish people KNOWS we live in top 3 place in the world and are willing to fight and die for it trained or not trained but if you want them to learn, doing it forcefully isn't the way.

I was in the Force anti-aircraft Hamina about 32 ago... It was the best time in My life.. I make good friends

I served in the army 1 year. I went to reserve as corporal or squad leader. Most of the guys don't want to be there longer time and some of soldiers are elected for a longer service. Ofcourse they ask if the soldier can be longer time there. I had only one choice. One year and NCO. Just because my grandpa was sguad leader at war against russians. I liked to be at army. Wake up, eat, do stuff you are told. Except as a corporal there was more planning and teaching. I was serving in NCO school, teaching new corporals. So I had to be an excample for these guys.

I was one year and they asked me come work there two times.

I did 362 long. I had females in my team. They do share 100% their space with men, take same orders and tasks with men. The only difference was the monthly periods. Men do not have that to take care of. I was more than year... Mandatory training in reserves. Skills... Military skills have really nothing to do with civilian life.

What i remember from my time in service best was the first day and the last day :D

What it comes to infantry where most men are called, they forgot to mention that training happens mostly in camps. And by camps I mean forests and bogs with a tent accommodation without toilets, showers or facilities like that. In a tent there is about 20 men sleeping side to side. During the spring and autumn it's pretty much constant rain, so you are wet all the time and so is all of your gear. In summer it's hot and the air is filled with mosquitos and other even nastier flying creatures. In winter the temperature is usually about -25 to -35 C. There is a small stove in every tent so you wont freeze to death but somebody has to maintain the fire through the night. At the day time you don't need to worry about the fire because you'll be spending your time in fresh freezing air and snow up to your balls.

There's regular refresher training for all those who have done their compulsory military service.

Logistic jaeger here, but speciality I was trained is obsolite nowadays, as they only have junior officers trained to me speciality. I was one the last non officer to trained to me speciality at logistics, as "taisteluvälinemies" aka person who maintain non weapon gear for infantry/ protects the command HQ/ delivers new gear to replace broken ones to the line....

I was military police in finnish navy. Always ready to reserved Finnish army.

i wish hadn't gotten class C in call-ups. and then later 2 different pleas, to go to got denied. as last one stated ''being too old to start military service''.

Women are treated well if they act professionally. Some come there to find a man and to flirt with many guys (as they are probably the only woman in a group of men, they get a lot of positive attention they may not get in civilian life), that won't go down well, they'll get talked about in a bad manner when they walk by etc. But being professional, everyone treats you professionally. You reap what you sow People want to do a longer service, because it's valued in the job market. Being a leader in the military often means you'll end up in a leadership role in civilian life. Because it's the similar personality type, outgoing, well organized and confident, not afraid to speak in front of a crowd. Future leaders get their first leadership experience in military Worst thing about the military was the cold... during winter. Because you need to take off your gloves for many tasks involving hand dexterity, no matter how cold it is. I served 1 year. Best thing was that you don't have worry about your future in 1 year, just spend time outdoors and do a lot of sports, have good laughs. Care free time, in a way

People who join the Logistics side of the army get a free Truck Driving Licence, I myself didnt undergo the military service due to a surgery on my intestines

I was only for 6 months, they wanted to put me for the 9 months to make me a "alikersantti" (the lowest "officer" in finnish army i believe, my terminology aint the best sorry :D), but i said no to that, big mistake :) Im a man. I think it was one of the best periods of time in my life, i loved it :)

It has shortened over the years. Before it was even 9 or 12 months. I have served 9 months.

@mrkukov

9 ай бұрын

362 days

@make_m_finland

9 ай бұрын

about 285 days .... Lapland boarder guard unit... over 30 years ago😁

@petterisipinen6622

9 ай бұрын

9,5 moths military police, year 1992

@Gekko1970

9 ай бұрын

I was a medic man 1990 säkylä 285 days.

@svv625

9 ай бұрын

Shortest service time in nineties was 8months (240 days), some duties had 9month (285 days) and leaders served 11months (311 days)

I was disqualified from the service, even though I fought against it to the last possible point. When we had call-ups for medical check, I got disqualified understandably 'cause I'm paraplegic but nevertheless I went to the actual call-ups where few MP's came to tell me how I can leave yet I refused and told that I have my right to plea my case to the board. After second medical check, from where I got C-papers again, I went in front of the board and demanded at least B-papers for service. I had my degree from IT-technologies with recommendations since I wanted to get into technological warfare division, but after a lengthy and passionate debate I got denied from service but offered a venue to war ministry which I declined 'cause who am I to command someone without training myself.

my first day in the defence forces... "WAKE up LAZY ASSES!!! iTS YOUR FIRST DAY!!!!!!!!!!....... time to get the day running, 3minutes time to get shower and take morning shit!" well yeah, i did not take shower lol!

It was always a bit funny since I was not the most athletic person in the military with a couple extra Kg, but when we started to lift weights they got shocked how mutch I was able to lift and many times in our race, also when we started to ski even the more athletic guys could not keep up with me.

I did my service about 20 years ago, so it has developed since that. In my time, I think there was some hostility towards change, as I got a surprising amount of shit for being an IT tech by education, yet had been made a rifleman. I think they are little more modern and open minded these days :D

Ah, I still remember Some things from Finnish army. Mainly that they told us that we have combat life expectency of 3 seconds and that cooking squads always stole all chocolate even from Finnish MRE's. Also remember some girl cried wolf behind my back that I was sexist and made 3-4 raports about me when I only talked to her like once or twice and cried crocodile tears so every whoeman exept of one were condeming me like I raped her or something and because I am or Russian descent the leutenant didnt wanted to even listen to me not even a little, gentle and naive 18 year old me kind of lost that battle because I didnt standed for my self and apologized to the girl after 2 days of sleepless nights when my blood pressure spiked so high that my nose were bleeding each time I tried to sleep as I was really worried that I was the bad guy to much, I only realized "foul play" by her only after my apology when my mind cleared. Funny thing is that this girl left army after a month so I guess she was mentaly weak from the start. Hard lessons learned, now I became a bit bitter and more abrasive after the army with some memories that still makes me a little angry at my self.

Cant tell, secret branch of something called "project väinämöinen"

1:50 One does not choose how long he will be in the military. Defence forces choose that for you.

The big thing is the will to defend Finland. All soll so those old farts whos are aged out, still understand system and can help many ways.

battlefield 2020 is simulation about defence forces. we all go

@NestoriG

9 ай бұрын

with englishb audio or subs

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