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Finnish Coastal Jaegers information


Finnish Coastal Jaegers
Swedish: Kustjägarna
Finnish: Rannikkojääkärit
Green beret with Sea Eagle's Head pin
CountryFinnish Coastal Jaegers Finland
BranchFinnish Coastal Jaegers Finnish Navy
TypeNaval infantry and commandos
Part of Uusimaa Brigade
Garrison/HQDragsvik, Raseborg, Finland
Nickname(s)Rannarit
Motto(s)Swedish: En gång kustjägare, alltid kustjägare
Finnish: Kerran rannikkojääkäri, aina rannikkojääkäri
(Once a coastal jaeger, always a coastal jaeger.)
Commanders
Current
commander
Commodore Sami Jaakkola
Jaegers during training

The Finnish Coastal Jaegers (Swedish: Kustjägarna, and Finnish: Rannikkojääkärit) or Finnish Marine Commandos are the amphibious arm of the Finnish Navy.[1] The unit consists of both regulars and conscripts, predominantly Swedish-speaking, and is located at Nyland Brigade (Uusimaa Brigade) in Dragsvik, near Ekenäs.

  1. ^ "Nylands brigad - Merivoimat" [Nylands brigade - Merivoimat]. merivoimat.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 March 2017.

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