THE RANGER – the cornerstone of the Peace Corps Text by Saku Linnamurto Throughout the ages, the Finnish crisis management force has been made up of professionals from various fields. Since the start of Finnish peacekeeping in 1956, new professional groups have been added to the force that were unimaginable at the time of the

”AND THE BALKAN WAR WAS A HORROR” Mikko Rahikkala 1991-92 I went for the fourth time to UN service in southern Lebanon in the summer of 1991, this time as a military observer on the border between Israel and Lebanon. The mission was to last for a year. In December 1991, there was a call

Dear crisis management veteran Finnish peacekeeping is 60 years old. In total some 45 000 Finns have served in more than 40 peacekeeping and crisis management operations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. Peacekeeping and international crisis management have played and continue to play an important role for Finland. During the Cold War