Army Academy (Finland)

Army Academy
The Colour of Army Academy
Active	2001-: Maasotakoulu
Country	Finland
Branch	Finnish Army
Type	Military school
Role	Career, reservist and conscript training
Size	ca. 600 career personnel ca. 430 "ordinary" conscripts ca. 110 3rd year cadets of the land warfare line ca. 700 officer students during reserve officer courses
Part of	Finnish Army
Garrisons	Lappeenranta, Hamina

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

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

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, 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.