Guard Jaeger Regiment

Guard Jaeger Regiment
Kaartin Jääkärirykmentti
Insignia of the Guard Jaeger Regiment
Insignia of the Guard Jaeger Regiment.
Active1996–present
CountryFinland
BranchArmy
TypeFoot Guards
RoleGuard Battalion - Urban Warfare/Public Duties
Uusimaa Jaeger Battalion - Urban Warfare
Size2 battalions[1]
Part ofSouthern Finland Military Province
Garrison/HQSantahamina
FlagFlag of the Guard Jaeger Regiment
Anniversaries16 August
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Asko Kopra
Commander-in-ChiefPresident 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.

  1. ^ Varusmiehiä kouluttavat joukko-osastot 2008. Reserviläinen 1/2008, p.38. ISSN 0557-8477 (in Finnish)