Gulf of Finland Naval Command

Gulf of Finland Naval Command

Colour of the Command
Active 1998–2015
Country  Finland
Branch Finnish Navy
Role Coastal defence
Size 850 career personnel, 1,400 conscripts[1]
Part of Finnish Navy
Headquarters Upinniemi, Kirkkonummi
Nickname(s) SLMEPA
March Suomenlahden marssi
Equipment MTO 85, 130 TK, Hamina class, Pohjanmaa

Gulf of Finland Naval Command (Finnish: Suomenlahden Meripuolustusalue, Swedish: Finska Vikens Marinkommando) is a Finnish Navy unit headquartered in Upinniemi, Kirkkonummi.

The main duty of the Gulf of Finland Naval Command during normal condition was the surveillance of Finnish territorial waters and maintaining territorial integrity. In addition, the Command trained conscripts to fulfill duties in the crisis-time organisation of the Finnish Defence Forces. The readiness fortresses and particular other units of the Command were permanently in state of high readiness. The Command was reorganised in 2015 as the Coastal Brigade. [2]

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References

  1. Varusmiehiä kouluttavat joukko-osastot 2008. Reserviläinen 1/2008, p.38. ISSN 0557-8477 (Finnish)
  2. . Merivoimat, 11 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-9-8. (Finnish)
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