Conscripts training to be renewed at Border Guard Companies
The Border Guard renews and diversifies border jaeger training in Ivalo and Onttola. The new border jaeger training starts in summer 2028 in Ivalo. Already in the autumn call-up this year, it will be possible to apply for the new border jaeger training that starts in 2028. Application to border jaeger training is carried out via call-up.
North Karelia Border Guard District trains border jaegers in Onttola and Lapland Border Guard District in Ivalo. In the Border Jaeger Companies, conscripts receive training for demanding reconnaissance tasks. Currently, the service time for crew is 165 days, while the corresponding time for leaders is 347 days. The competence demands for conscripts increase, and the service time for crew will extend to 347 days in the new training.
The new conscripts training starts in the Border Jaeger Company in Lapland Border Guard District as of July intake II/2028, and in the Border Jaeger Company in North Karelia Border Guard District as of January intake I/2029. Thereafter, one intake per year will commence their service in the Lapland Border Guard District in July and, correspondingly, one in the North Karelia Border Guard District in January.
The new border jaeger training
The Border Guard updates its conscripts training to better meet the requirements of modern battle field and wartime border troop duties. The demands and opportunities arising from military alliances and new technology, among others, are acknowledged when updating the training.
All Border Guard conscripts receive commando and reconnaissance training, where the focus is on weapons and shooting training, sapper training, signal and medical training, as well as survival skills. Conscripts also receive training in border surveillance, which enables them to operate in the Border Guard’s primary tasks in emergency conditions or in different crisis situations. Border jaegers, trained at the border, learn to operate in challenging conditions and to survive in the nature.
The versatile and demanding border jaeger training requires good health and physical condition, as well as stress tolerance. Skiing skills and experience of moving in the terrain, inter alia, are beneficial for the trainee, since the training is partially carried out in the wilderness. Border jaeger training gives the conscripts a chance to challenge themselves in demanding duties and nature conditions.
Voluntary military training for women at the Border Guard
It is possible to apply for voluntary military service for women in all Border Guard units that provide training. As of summer 2026, it will be possible to conduct voluntary military service for women in Lapland Border Jaeger Company. Conducting voluntary military service for women has already been possible in Onttola, North Karelia, and in the Special Border Jaeger Company in Immola via Special Forces recruitment.
Renovation of garrisons and training facilities further achievement of educational goals
The Border Guard’s administrative units that provide training have renovated and constructed new, more functional and healthy training and accommodation facilities for conscripts. After the garrisons of Lapland Border Guard District are completed, the renovations will continue in Immola and Onttola.
