Guard Jaeger Regiment

Kaartin Jääkärirykmentti
Flag of the Guard Jaeger Regiment
Active	1996-Present
Country	Finland
Branch	Army
Type	Foot Guards
Role	Guard Battalion - Urban Warfare/Public Duties Uusimaa Jaeger Battalion - Urban Warfare
Size	2 battalions[1]
Part of	Southern Finland Military Province
Garrison/HQ	Santahamina
Anniversaries	16 August
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Ahti Kurvinen
Commander-in-Chief	President of Finland

The Guard Jaeger Regiment (Finnish: Kaartin jääkärirykmentti, Swedish: Gardesjägarregementet) is a Finnish Army unit located in Santahamina, an island district of Helsinki. The regiment trains Guard jaegers for fighting military operations in urban terrain (MOUT). The primary function of wartime units formed from the reservists trained by the regiment would be the defence of the capital Helsinki.

Organisation

The commander of the regiment commands the following units:^[2]

• Command
  • Personnel division
  • Training division
  • Logistics Center
  • Operative division
  • Helsinki Guard
• Guard Battalion (KAARTP)
  • Military Police Company (SPOLK)
  • 2nd Jaeger Company (2. JK)
  • Transport Company (KULJK)
• Uusimaa Jaeger Battalion (UUDJP)
  • 1st Jaeger Company (1. JK)
  • Support Company (TUKIK)
  • HQ and Signals Company (EVK)
• Sports School
  • Recon Company
  • Coaching center

Additionally the assistant commander commands the following functions

• Uusimaa Regional Office
• The Guards Band

The primary function of the regiment is to train all wartime units from the conscripts serving in the regiment, specializing in the production of FIBUA-trained units. In addition, the regiment is the ceremonial unit of the Finnish Defence Forces, responsible for the Guard of Honour of the President of Finland. The Guards Band is similarly the representative band of the Defence Forces. As the largest unit located in the Garrison of Helsinki, the regiment is responsible for almost all the supplies of the troops and headquarters located in the capital region.

The conscripts of the regiment arrive mostly from the capital region and surrounding region of Uusimaa. In addition, the regiment is one of the most usual placements for the expatriate Finns and recently naturalized immigrants. The conscripts serving in special duties at the Defence Staff are also formally part of the regiment.

History

The Guard Jaeger Regiment are the traditions of historical units that include the 3rd Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion (Finnish: Henkivartioväen 3. Suomalainen tarkk’ampujapataljoona, Swedish: Livgardets 3:e Finska Skarpskyttebataljon), which had from the year 1829 Young Guard and from the year 1878 onwards Old Guard status in the Imperial Russian Army, the Jaegers of the Finnish Civil War and the 2nd Jaeger Battalion from the Second World War.

The traditions are kept alive by the Guard Jaeger Regiment Guild.^[3]

Homepage

• Guard Jaeger Regiment's official homepage (Finnish)
• Recruit's Guide to Guard Jaeger Regiment (English)

References

1. Varusmiehiä kouluttavat joukko-osastot 2008. Reserviläinen 1/2008, p.38. ISSN 0557-8477 (Finnish)
2. "Regiment organisation (Finnish)". Guards Jaeger Regiment organisation. Finnish Defence Forces. 2.1.2015. Retrieved 2015-1-9. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
3. "Guard Jaeger Regiment Guild website (Finnish)". Guard Jaeger Regiment Guild website (Finnish). Guard Jaeger Regiment Guild. 2015-1-9. Retrieved 2015-1-9. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)