Conscripts interrupt military service mostly for mental health issues
Military service is interrupted especially due to mental health issues and challenges related to adjustment, said Finnish Defence Forces in a press release on Friday.
The proportion of conscripts interrupting their service seems not to have changed significantly and the most common reason for interruption of service is still fitness for service categorisation to category E.
Of the conscripts in January 2025 contingent, 16.1% interrupted their service after the training phases which is exactly the same percentage as the previous year.
In most cases, the service was interrupted due to category E fitness for service. With the January contingent, category E was the reason for interruption for 9.8% of all conscripts, which is slightly higher (0.6%) than with the January contingent in the previous year.
The total percentage of conscripts dropping out in July contingents has reduced, compared to the long term average.
The total share of conscripts dropping out in July 2024 contingent was 14.9%, which is the lowest figure since 2017.
This year, the most common reason for interruptions in the July contingent was category E fitness for service, which was determined for 4.8% of the conscripts by the end of the basic training phase. 2.3% interrupted their service due to their wish to do non-military service instead, and 1.6% due to being categorised to category C fitness for service.
A person categorised to category E fitness for service has an illness, an injury, a defect or a physical debility which makes them unfit for service for a period of 1–3 years.
In the past few years, the number of conscripts in category E has been growing.
According to Major Jyrki Kalliola from the Defence Command Training Division, problems related to mental health, coping, well-being and adjustment as well as substance use are more acute than ever.
“The fact that young people have more mental health issues than before is apparent also in the military service. Adjustment to a new daily routine and group work may also be challenging,” Kalliola said, adding that the Defence Forces is monitoring the situation, taking action on the basis of observations made about the interruptions.
He said that most interruptions take place during the first two weeks of service, and the authority is taking various measures to facilitate recruits adjustment to their new environment.
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