Finnish Defence Forces - Army - Close Combat Training

Finnish Defence Forces --------------------------- Close Combat Training - CQB --------------------------- The Finnish Defence Forces (Finnish: Puolustusvoimat; Swedish: Försvarsmakten) is the armed force of Finland, encompassing an army, a navy, and an air force. The Finnish Defence Forces is a cadre army of 16,500, of which 8,700 professional soldiers (officers), with a standard readiness strength of 34,700 people in uniform (27,300 army, 3,000 navy, and 4,400 air force) at time of peace. The expenditure equals about 1.3% of the GDP. A universal male conscription is in place, under which all men above 18 years of age serve from 6 to 12 months. The defence is based on a large trained reserve. After the end of the Cold War, Finland has reduced its military reserve strength due to a change in the military doctrine and partly due to budget cuts following collapse of the Soviet Union. The military reserve numbers somewhat less than million persons, of whom 357,000 have a crisis-time placement in a milit