Military honours at the start of the 110th Finland Day in Hohenlockstedt: The video shows the march in of the honor guard, the arrival of Inspector General Carsten Breuer, the greeting of the Inspector General by the Guard Battalion, a short briefing by the Inspector General on Finland Day, the arrival of Finland's Chief of Defense General Janne Jaakkola with a motorcycle escort from the Berlin Military Police (13./FJgRgt 1), the national anthems of Finland and Germany played by the Kiel Marine Music Corps, the marching off of the honor guard to the Navy's presentation march, the greeting of the delegations, the departure of the generals and the march out of the honor guard.
110th Finland Day in Hohenlockstedt: From February 1915 to February 1918, volunteers from the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was then part of Russia, received military training. The training took place in Hohenlockstedt in Schleswig-Holstein and was top secret. Since the Finns did not yet have their own armed forces, the Finnish Jägers were led as the Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion No. 27. The training was so good that the soldiers were able to play a key role in driving out the Russians in the 1918 civil war. Many later generals or admirals of the Finnish armed forces had completed training in Hohenlockstedt. The gratitude still resonates today and the good relationship is maintained to this day. On March 1, 2025, the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Finnish Jägers and at the same time of the Finnish armed forces was celebrated in Hohenlockstedt. The Inspector General of the German Armed Forces, General Carsten Breuer, and Finland's Chief of Defense, General Janne Jaakkola, were also present. In addition to military honours to welcome the generals, a wreath-laying ceremony and a Great Tattoo also took place.