Army Academy (Finland) Explained

Unit Name:	Army Academy
Dates:	2001-: Maasotakoulu
Type:	Military school
Role:	Career, reservist and conscript training
Size:	ca. 600 career personnel ^[1] ca. 430 "ordinary" conscripts^[2] ca. 110 3rd year cadets of the land warfare line^[3] ^[4] ca. 700 officer students during reserve officer courses^[5]
Command Structure:	Finnish Army
Garrison:	Lappeenranta, Hamina
Garrison Label:	Garrisons

Army Academy (Finnish: Maasotakoulu, abbr. MAASK) is a brigade-level unit of the Finnish Army responsible for:

organising the service-specific and branch-specific parts of studies of Army cadets in Finnish National Defence University
organising the reserve officer training of the Army in the Reserve Officer School
guiding the career NCO training of the Army
organising other training for Army career personnel
pursuing research and development activities.

Organisation

The Headquarters of the Army Academy are in Lappeenranta. Otherwise, the Army Academy is formed of the following units:^[6]

Training Center
- Armour School (Finnish: Panssarikoulu), Parola
- Artillery School (Finnish: Tykistökoulu), Niinisalo
- Engineer School (Finnish: Pioneerikoulu), Lappeenranta
- Infantry School (Finnish: Jalkaväkikoulu), Lappeenranta
- Signals School (Finnish: Viestikoulu), Riihimäki
Reserve Officer School, Hamina
Dragoon Band, Lappeenranta
Army Research Center^[7]
- Hamina, most of activity
- Niinisalo, artillery sector
- Riihimäki, signals sector
- Parola, armoured troops sector
Logistics Centre (Finnish: Huoltokeskus), Hamina and Lappeenranta)

The Training Centre specialises in the training of the Army career personnel. The Reserve Officer School gives, in addition to the eponymous reserve officer training for conscripts and reservists, normal conscript training for infantry, transport and military police conscripts in three companies,^[8] two of which are located in Hamina, with the third in Lappeenranta. The company in Lappeenranta, the Dragoon Troop (Finnish: Rakuunaeskadroona) which specialises in military police training, is also, after the disbanding of Häme Regiment, the last unit bearing the branch colours of cavalry in Finland.^[9]

References

External links

Official Site (in English)

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